It’s hard to give examples, because you don’t actually explain the specific function of not stating the “real rule” in any particular case.
By no means is it hard to give examples. Indeed, I did give several examples in an earlier comment.
As for reasons to keep the real rule unstated, they seem clear enough to me. I did not state them because I considered them too obvious to belabor… of course, it’s possible that I was wrong about this!
I can make my views of this explicit, if you like, but I don’t think I will be adding much to the understanding of signaling already common in this forum. In fact, I wonder if anyone else (perhaps one of the folks who liked or benefited from this post) would like to try their hand at explaining this? It would give me useful info about whether readers of this post understood it as I intended it to be understood (and would help to clarify the post for anyone confused, of course).
Personally, I hear the phrase “signaling” used often, but it’s starting to sound a little hollow. Who is signaling what, to whom, why, how do they know how it’s being perceived, how do we know this, and what else is going on? I demand specifics!
Quite reasonable. In that case, yes, I invite readers who enjoyed (and believe that they did properly understand) this post to say what they believe the answer to this question is.
If there aren’t any responses in, let us say, two weeks, then I will post my own explanation.
By no means is it hard to give examples. Indeed, I did give several examples in an earlier comment.
As for reasons to keep the real rule unstated, they seem clear enough to me. I did not state them because I considered them too obvious to belabor… of course, it’s possible that I was wrong about this!
I can make my views of this explicit, if you like, but I don’t think I will be adding much to the understanding of signaling already common in this forum. In fact, I wonder if anyone else (perhaps one of the folks who liked or benefited from this post) would like to try their hand at explaining this? It would give me useful info about whether readers of this post understood it as I intended it to be understood (and would help to clarify the post for anyone confused, of course).
Personally, I hear the phrase “signaling” used often, but it’s starting to sound a little hollow. Who is signaling what, to whom, why, how do they know how it’s being perceived, how do we know this, and what else is going on? I demand specifics!
Quite reasonable. In that case, yes, I invite readers who enjoyed (and believe that they did properly understand) this post to say what they believe the answer to this question is.
If there aren’t any responses in, let us say, two weeks, then I will post my own explanation.