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Who's this sucker?
Go find this sucker.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Mike Mann, and you're listening to.
No stupid questions today on the show.
How much does the way things are worded influence our behavior?
They're manipulating what you're thinking about.
All right, Angela.
Hello.
Today we have a question from one Josiah Shields.
Josiah says, greetings from England.
I recently came upon the no stupid Questions podcast and would love to hear your thoughts on the importance of semantics, especially in relation to the idea of priming as written about in the great Danny Kahneman's thinking fast and slow.
He's so great, Danny Kahneman.
He is.
And so is Josiah from England.
And so is Josiah from England.
Exactly.
Josiah continued his question, how greatly do the specific words used in our speech affect its reception and the reactions of others?
Can sentences with the same overall meaning receive vastly different responses depending on the exact words employed within them?
If so, how can we utilize this to communicate more effectively?