Convincing Is Not Persuading

(blog.alaindichiappari.dev)

9 points | by alainrk 1 hour ago

4 comments

  • getnormality 39 minutes ago
    This AI-written post is part of an insight porn genre that attempts to draw a sharp distinction between two words that mean basically the same thing in real life. We read it, we politely agree that sure, you could use those two words to represent those two different concepts, then we go back to everyday life and continue to use them interchangeably.

    If you read the post and actually believed what it said, you would tell people "your presentation convinced but did not persuade, that's why leadership isn't doing what you said." This doesn't make sense to a typical English speaker.

    • j16sdiz 35 minutes ago
      I guess the only takeaway was: we should aware the other dimension (other than reasoning) when we try to convince/persuade somebody.

      This article can be re-written into something < 300 words.

    • some_furry 3 minutes ago
      And the people who repeat such statements uncritically to their reports will also get mildly annoyed when they have no Earthly clue what that actually means.
  • Avicebron 45 minutes ago
    There's something fishy with having a link at the bottom to share directly to HN..

    It feels inorganic. Like this person has sat down and thought "how can I become an influencer on HN" it's disturbing.

  • a1j9o94 4 minutes ago
    I fall into this trap a lot. The platonic ideal argument is a fun mental exercise but doesn't get anything done
  • nubg 49 minutes ago
    Dear author, can you post the prompt? I'm not sure which parts are what you actually meant to write and which are LLM fillings.