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Stop Fooling Yourself: The Quiet Manipulation of Equivocation
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — George Bernard Shaw What Is Equivocation, and Why Should You Care? Equivocation is like a linguistic magician’s trick—sleight of hand, but with words. It’s when a single word or phrase is used with multiple meanings in the same context, often…
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The Amphiboly Trap: How Ambiguity Hijacks Logic
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw The Sneaky Fallacy of Amphiboly If you’ve ever said something and had someone completely misunderstand your point, you’ve encountered amphiboly. It’s that tricky little quirk of language where a sentence can mean two (or more) entirely different…