There’s a rhetorical technique called “dubitatio”—where you deliberately act unsure, less skilled or less intelligent in order to make yourself sound more credible. E.g. “Although I’m just a simple man unused to public speaking I think....” Obviously it depends on the audience you’re appealing to, it works best with people who mistrust skilled orators
(George W Bush did this a lot, his famous ‘Bushisms’ were almost all deliberate, and playe to a base who distrusted ‘elites’ and made him sound more honest and down to earth.)
There’s a rhetorical technique called “dubitatio”—where you deliberately act unsure, less skilled or less intelligent in order to make yourself sound more credible. E.g. “Although I’m just a simple man unused to public speaking I think....” Obviously it depends on the audience you’re appealing to, it works best with people who mistrust skilled orators
(George W Bush did this a lot, his famous ‘Bushisms’ were almost all deliberate, and playe to a base who distrusted ‘elites’ and made him sound more honest and down to earth.)
Phil Hartman’s SNL character Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I’m just a caveman …”
Sounds like the evil twin of the Socratic Method.