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Old 05-14-2013, 09:07 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Flint View Post
What is misleading is that the OP doesn't mention they were goaded into arguing. A thesis statement including the term "...a single, 15-minute conversation..." with no additional clues except "...Read the article for more info..." is not adequate to even come close to describing what this study is about. Sorry to be a stickler, and yes, like a curious intellectual I did go read the article, and I don't disagree with the article, but the OP is misleading to the maximum possible extent.

Without the qualifier: ...this reads like a cross between Cosmopolitan's 'ten ways to please your man' and a suicide note written by Nostradamus on a coke binge.
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Originally Posted by BigV View Post
and yet totally effective, having generated this buzz, including luring you into clicking and reading.
This study or whatever was the subject of a video or 60 minutes type news piece at least a year ago. It's old stuff. You can even see video of the couples 'talking' and interviews of the guy who predicts outcomes. I believe he's even training people to do this type of thing, to what end, I don't recall. An army of felicity, perhaps?

eta: My bad. 1993

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