Why don’t you explain this to me? I’m wise. I just want to make sure that you’re wise, too.
"as everyone knows" - smug - implies you only have common knowledge - easy to counter "as all those who are counted among the wise know" - mysterious - implies you possess secret knowledge - any counter will draw into suspicion whether or not they are counted among the wise
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Or the ever reliable: As inscribed in the Gnostic gospels...
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2/3 of audience doesn't understand the phrase "those who are counted among."
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Not sure about this. I think people are more influenced by the first. A lot of people naturally suspicious of anyone who claims to have special knowledge but can't make an effort to explain it
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This method is very widely used and often effectivehttps://twitter.com/psycholdham/status/1161573093334233088?s=19 …
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I always consider “as everyone knows” epistemological terrorism (it is used very often by Lacan et sim. when they introduce obscure or absurd concepts)
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This was a genuinely wonderful rabbit punch to the linguistic synapses in my brain bone. Thank you.
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Those who are counted among the wise know that saying "as all those who are counted among the wise know" is extremely smug and douchy. All those who are counted among the wise are instantly sceptical of anyone who would lead with that.
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This just gave me an esoteric erection
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