My favorite part of this post was the inclusion of the exercise left to the reader; working through it really helped me deeply understand what you were saying. I suggest that this type of thing become more common because generation effect.
That’s a good question. I don’t really know. I think I’ve been equating ‘persuasion’ with ‘dark art’. I need to figure out what separates effective persuasive techniques from dark arts, if anything, and if the label ‘dark art’ has any use.
My favorite part of this post was the inclusion of the exercise left to the reader; working through it really helped me deeply understand what you were saying. I suggest that this type of thing become more common because generation effect.
I agree, though that particular technique (in and of itself, without context) is also used as a Dark Art.
I wouldn’t be surprised if every single principle of effective learning has, by someone, somewhere, been co-opted into a dark art.
Could you elobrate why you think this technique is a dark art? I don’t see anything dark about it.
That’s a good question. I don’t really know. I think I’ve been equating ‘persuasion’ with ‘dark art’. I need to figure out what separates effective persuasive techniques from dark arts, if anything, and if the label ‘dark art’ has any use.