atw: Accidental Communicators
- From: <Cathy.Morison@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:46:59 +1000
> Don't know how many of you receive to 'Contentious', but this was a little
> snippet that I thought you might like. Full article at
> http://blog.contentious.com/archives/000225.html.
>
> ..."
> WIIO'S LAWS
> Communication usually fails, except by accident.
> * 1.1: If communication can fail, it will.
> * 1.2: If communication cannot fail, it still most usually fails.
> * 1.3: If communication seems to succeed in the intended way, there's a
> misunderstanding.
> * 1.4: If you are content with your message, communication certainly
> fails.
> If a message can be interpreted in several ways, it will be interpreted in
> a manner that maximizes damages.
> There is always someone who knows better than you what you meant with your
> message.
> The more we communicate, the worse communication succeeds.
> * 4.1: The more we communicate, the faster misunderstandings propagate.
> In mass communication, the important thing is not how things are but how
> they seem to be.
> The importance of a news item is inversely proportional to the square of
> the distance.
> The more important the situation is, the more probably you forget an
> essential thing that you remembered a moment ago.
>
> " ...
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