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Was the order of the wording of the title deliberately chosen to make people think FedEx wants heat seeking missiles on their planes?
by coolso 5y ago
Was the order of the wording of the title deliberately chosen to make people think FedEx wants heat seeking missiles on their planes?
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago"Heat seeking missile countermeasures" seems pretty obviously about countering heat seeking missiles at least to me.
- azinman2 5y agoYes when you read it in full without skimming. But when you put so many modifiers on a given predicate, it’s easy for the human mind to skip the one that changes the context. Another way to get might be “FedEx proposes defense against heat-seeking missiles”, where defense can get separated out. I’m sure even better writers could find a way that simplifies and reduces likelihood for comprehension error.
- selimthegrim 5y agoanti-HSM countermeasures
- joemi 5y agoI personally had no problem interpreting the title correctly, but I see that it could be interpreted as the heat seeking missiles are the countermeasures against something else. Not sure it warrants being changed, though.
- dang 5y agoOk, I've reordered the title to squeeze an 'against' in there. (Submitted title was "FedEx proposes equipping aircraft with heat-seeking missile countermeasure [pdf]")