ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDiscussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea.message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareDiscussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea.ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
I can only imagine the difference it would make if instead of telling about your idea you could show it
minus-squaresnek_boi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoYes! Rhetoric, the study of the available means of persuasion! Lots of professions still do that today: speech writers, advertisement creators, academic rhetoricians, some linguists, some anthropologists or sociologists, some historians…
Yes! Rhetoric, the study of the available means of persuasion! Lots of professions still do that today: speech writers, advertisement creators, academic rhetoricians, some linguists, some anthropologists or sociologists, some historians…