Funny, my brain just assumed it’s all broken hyperlinks or something, and until the PS I didn’t consciously realize there were any colors in the article.
Me too, but I fear I may be primed to believing Eliezer as his previous posts contained stuff that I heard about before, granting him some advantage. Or it may be Authority...
Anyway: I find it interesting that a german newspaper mostly known for being the lowest form of journalism imaginable (but still highest-grossing) uses a similar technique in their “articles”: they print more or less randomly chosen fragments in bold or italics. Could using confusing fonts really be enough to get people to “believe everything”?
Something else I noticed: all highlighted phrases in this article are negative. This may have primed against the postive effects here. Somebody should test this.
I, for one, found the color changing text completely persuasive.
Funny, my brain just assumed it’s all broken hyperlinks or something, and until the PS I didn’t consciously realize there were any colors in the article.
Me too, but I fear I may be primed to believing Eliezer as his previous posts contained stuff that I heard about before, granting him some advantage. Or it may be Authority...
Anyway: I find it interesting that a german newspaper mostly known for being the lowest form of journalism imaginable (but still highest-grossing) uses a similar technique in their “articles”: they print more or less randomly chosen fragments in bold or italics. Could using confusing fonts really be enough to get people to “believe everything”?
Something else I noticed: all highlighted phrases in this article are negative. This may have primed against the postive effects here. Somebody should test this.