Can the Tone Override the Whole Content of a Communication?

Our prior knowledge or our feelings, might even override what we see or not see in a given cirtuation. Jerry burner and lawe powder years ago did an experiment where they showed people photographs that were out of focus to test their ability to identify them. So despite the fact that it was in full focus and they could see it, it was right in front of their eyes, the prior hypotheses prevented them from seeing what they were seeing. And i think as far as the looking goes, that's true of many scenes in the world, visualizations, that seeing it isn't understanding. That it takes more effort and more work to understand or even identify what it is you're seeing.

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