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Re:Why Dumb Ideas Capture Smart and Successful People by montalbano on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:47PM (#38340591)
I was surprised the blog post did not mention Modes of Persuasion, which were codified in 4th century BCE by Aristotle.

Ethos: appeal to authority

Pathos: appeal to emotion

Logos: appeal to logic

I found the post's added description of more recent psychological studies interesting though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes_of_persuasion

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Re:Why Dumb Ideas Capture Smart and Successful People by zlg_codes on Monday November 20, 2023 @03:42PM (#38354405)
A lot has happened since 4kBC. Not sure if you noticed.
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Re:Why Dumb Ideas Capture Smart and Successful People by mbrezu on Saturday November 25, 2023 @05:11AM (#38412546)
plus ça change...
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