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> Back when I was a student, there was a professor emeritus of communications who liked to say things like "communication usually fails, except by accident". A

• jltsiren 4y ago
  That's him. His "laws" probably arose from his frustrations when he was in the parliament, and he didn't intend anyone to take them too seriously. Today, as far as I understand, people who are trying to be serious communications professionals approach the same issues from a constructive angle. They try to minimize the chances for misunderstanding, which leads to those bland and thoroughly vetted corporate communications.