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Why do I want to *persuade* the other person that I'm listening? I might not be and therefore go down a road I don't find relevant to me. Honest signalling woul
by janto 5y ago
Why do I want to *persuade* the other person that I'm listening? I might not be and therefore go down a road I don't find relevant to me. Honest signalling would allow the other person to course correct.
- Consultant32452 5y agoSignaling is persuasion.
- janto 5y agoWhat is a dog trying to persuade you of when it's wagging it's tail? What is the microwave trying to persuade me of when it beeps?
- Consultant32452 5y agoI don't know anything about dog psychology. The manufacturer of the microwave is communicating with you. They may choose pleasing tones and volumes to invoke pleasant emotions in you. A fancy tone may be used to persuade you of quality over a simple ding of a bell. An elegant interface on the microwave is intended by the manufacturer to persuade you of its quality or value. Even if the manufacturer just picked the cheapest possible dinging bell sound, that's also going to persuade you of something even if the manufacturer had no intention to persuade you. That would be passive, unintended persuasion, which we do constantly.
- janto 5y agoPersuasion minus intent is simply making up your own mind. A microwave's tone could be chosen by the manufacturer to signify quality, true. However the primary meaning of the ding itself, to me is that it is signalling that my timer has run out and I might want to attend to it. Persuasion does not seem like the right word.
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