Tag
communication
Entries tagged with communication - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.
6 concepts
Curse of Knowledge
The difficulty of imagining what it's like not to know something you already know.
Rhetorical DeviceEuphemism
Softening harsh realities with gentler language - sometimes kindly, sometimes to hide the truth.
Psychological PhenomenonExpectancy Violation
When someone breaks from expected behaviour, you don't just notice - you react more strongly than the behaviour itself would normally warrant.
Mental ModelHanlon's Razor
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by ignorance, carelessness, or incompetence.
Rhetorical DeviceSteel Manning
The practice of engaging with the strongest possible version of someone's argument, rather than the weakest - the opposite of a straw man.
Rhetorical DeviceThought-Terminating Cliche
A commonly used phrase that shuts down critical thinking by making further discussion feel unnecessary.