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The point of communication in general is to alter the recipient’s mental state in certain ways. Maybe you want to alter their mental state such that they unders
by wat10000 8mo ago
The point of communication in general is to alter the recipient’s mental state in certain ways. Maybe you want to alter their mental state such that they understand a technical problem. Maybe you want it to be a state that causes them to explain something. Maybe you want to alter their mental state such that they pick you up from the airport.
The key thing is that there is a particular goal, and if you want to achieve that goal, you need to work with people as they are, not as you wish them to be.
- jcalvinowens 8mo agoUnless you are as open to having your mental state altered by the other person as you expect the other person to be to having theirs altered by you, I don't think you're really communicating.
- wat10000 8mo agoI don’t understand the point of this reply. Of course I’m open to it. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t expose myself to their side of the conversation.