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"...and it's kind of the "slowest" part of the speech where he starts talking about biology and the lymbic system and blah blah blah science whatever (that's li

"...and it's kind of the "slowest" part of the speech where he starts talking about biology and the lymbic system and blah blah blah science whatever (that's literally how I remember that section of the talk in my head)..." This was the most interesting part of the article for me-- where you switched roles and became the listener that was deciding not to take the time or effort to understand. Is deciding not to make the effort there really what you felt like you were doing? Or could the speaker have communicated in a different way to make the "blah blah blah science whatever" more accessible or interesting to you? I'd be interested to read about your experiences putting yourself in your listeners' shoes rather than speculating about what it's like for them.

dools 15y ago
Haha I definitely decided not to make the effort to understand that part of it :) I could have gone back over that bit but I felt as though the conclusion was really the most important bit and the precursor to it was really only there to give credence to the conclusion as being something he hadn't just plucked out of thin air. I guess it's the equivalent of blinding me with science - but see by that point in the speech I was already "sold". He'd whipped me into a frenzy so when I didn't get something and the speech slowed down (from my perspective) I didn't close the window and stop altogether, I just tuned out a little until he came to the conclusion.