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I agree. In my own experience the vast majority of miscommunications are a matter of style, opinion, or assumption of essential facts in a domain unfamiliar to the listener.

People don't like to feel dumb. If you overexplain or underexplain you will trigger these feelings.

People also don't like confronting opinions that differ. Many followers of a given subject readily buy into the popular opinions within that space and ignore hygiene during discussion.

People also don't like reading or listening to disorganized or long-winded thoughts.




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