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Let's say Senator Bob gives a plainly stupid policy speech and votes accordingly. Why would he do such a stupid thing? One immediate answer might be that Senator Bob is a stupid person. But there might be a different and less visible explanation, e.g. Bob is smart, but he is taking payoffs from the spray paint lobby so he acts in their interests, and gives the speech because he has to spin this otherwise inexplicable vote to the public. Saying "Bob is stupid" is then called a fundamental attribution error, since the true explanation is that Bob is corrupt rather than stupid.
In another situation though, Bob might give the stupid speech out of actual, unfeigned stupidity. So "Bob is stupid" is then a correct explanation rather than an error.
Is there a name for this type of explanation, i.e. where you explain the action in terms of the subject's personal attributes, and the explanation is actually true? Like "fundamental attribution explanation"? Ad hominem is not quite what I'm looking for. Thanks. 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA ( talk) 04:25, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
2 people in articles that I find people might have believed them 2 be witches were Marie-Josephte Corriveau and http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/vuil_daniel_1E.html. But were those 2 people executed for witchcraft? 2001:569:5262:A00:F032:10BD:FBB3:CB00 ( talk) 05:12, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
I want to know how to write a speech — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A03:2880:31FF:1C:0:0:FACE:B00C ( talk) 07:28, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Know your subject. You will be nervous, and the better you know your subject, the better you'll be able to cope with stress. Frankly, if you don't know the subject, you shouldn't be giving the speech.
Know your audience. If the audience knows the subject pretty well already, pitch the content at a higher or more controversial / humorous level (to avoid boredom). If they are not familiar with the subject, make it simple and straight-forward, or you will lose them.
Know how much time you have. Plan to speak for no more than 80% of the time, if you will be answering questions.
Memorize the first two or three sentences, no more. The beginning is where people tend to get flustered, so having the first part fully memorized can help launch into the remainder. After those opening sentences, follow a general outline.
If you are going to take questions afterwards, keep control! Don't let someone give a speech from the floor, rather than ask a question. Sometimes it is better to take 2-3 questions at one time, and then answer them as a group, rather than one-by-one.
Remember: you know your subject better than the audience, so don't worry about it! DOR (HK) ( talk) 19:08, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Folks!! Can somebody translate the following:
Um diese beiden Männer und deren Ehefrauen scharte sich im Laufe der Zeit eine Gruppe von politischen Anhängern verschiedenster Charaktere und von verschiedenem Herkommen. Sie waren sich in der aktiven Bekämpfung des Nationalsozialismus und im Eintreten für den Kommunismus einig (Hervorheb. v. Verf.). Bis zum Kriegsausbruch mit der Sowjetunion lag der Schwerpunkt ihrer Arbeit auf innenpolitischem Gebiet. Danach verlagerte er sich mehr auf das Gebiet des Landesverrats und der Spionage zugunsten der Sowjetunion. Anfang 1942 wurde die Schulze-Boysen-Gruppe endgültig in das weit verzweigte Netz des sowjetischen Nachrichtendienstes in West-Europa eingeschaltet. Der Wert der Nachrichten, die von der Gruppe Schulze-Boysen an den sowjetischen Nachrichtendienst weitergegeben wurden, kann nach allgemeinem Urteil nicht unter- schätzt werden. Alle Personen, die sich dienstlich mit diesem Material befassen mußten, geben übereinstimmend an, daß es sich um die gefährlichste Verratsorganisation handelte, die während des 2. Weltkrieges aufgedeckt wurde... In keinem... Fall steht jedoch mit Sicherheit fest, daß die Verurteilten lediglich wegen Hochverrats und Feindbegünstigung verurteilt worden sind. Die Gruppe Schulze-Boysen war in allererster Linie eine Spionageorganisation für die Sowjetunion. Seit dem Kriegsausbruch mit Rußland trat der innere Widerstand zugunsten der Spionagearbeit zurück, und es ist davon auszugehen, daß alle Mitglieder direkt oder indirekt zur Nachrichtenermittlung eingesetzt wurden
Thanks. scope_creep Talk 16:52, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Platinum is supposed to be some kind of silver. However, the Platinum (color) article reveals that platinum is in fact a (very de-saturated) variant of orange. Can you disprove me?? Georgia guy ( talk) 19:02, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
According to our article TS Maxim Gorkiy "In November 1975 an attempt was made to sink the ship. While she was being repaired at San Juan, two bombs were installed on board under the waterline. These were detonated later during the same month as the ship was approaching New York. The damage did not sink the ship however, and she was subsequently repaired at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States". Do we know who planted the bombs? Thanks, DuncanHill ( talk) 22:51, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
November to December 1975: The Soviet-flag Caribbean liner Maxim Gorky is attacked twice, by a bomb and a limpet mine, at San Juan Harbor in Puerto Rico (right-wing anti-Castro extremists are believed to be responsible).fiveby( zero) 13:13, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
two explosions while docked at 1 A.M. yesterday
...three days after Christmas, anti-Castro guerillas hurled a hand gernade onto the Maxim Gorki, which was berthed in San Juan. Two Soviet crew members were wounded, one seriously
In December 1974, a grenade was rolled down the gangplank of the Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorki, leaving a twenty-year-old Soviet seaman with a serious abdominal wound: an underground Cuban exile organization later took credit for the act.
MAXIM GORKI (Black Sea). San Juan Oct. 31 and St. Thomas, Nov. 1...
We take responsibility for the explosion on the Russian ship Maxim Gorki. There will be no peace in the world until Cuba is liberated from the communists, Roberto.
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Let's say Senator Bob gives a plainly stupid policy speech and votes accordingly. Why would he do such a stupid thing? One immediate answer might be that Senator Bob is a stupid person. But there might be a different and less visible explanation, e.g. Bob is smart, but he is taking payoffs from the spray paint lobby so he acts in their interests, and gives the speech because he has to spin this otherwise inexplicable vote to the public. Saying "Bob is stupid" is then called a fundamental attribution error, since the true explanation is that Bob is corrupt rather than stupid.
In another situation though, Bob might give the stupid speech out of actual, unfeigned stupidity. So "Bob is stupid" is then a correct explanation rather than an error.
Is there a name for this type of explanation, i.e. where you explain the action in terms of the subject's personal attributes, and the explanation is actually true? Like "fundamental attribution explanation"? Ad hominem is not quite what I'm looking for. Thanks. 2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA ( talk) 04:25, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
2 people in articles that I find people might have believed them 2 be witches were Marie-Josephte Corriveau and http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/vuil_daniel_1E.html. But were those 2 people executed for witchcraft? 2001:569:5262:A00:F032:10BD:FBB3:CB00 ( talk) 05:12, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
I want to know how to write a speech — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A03:2880:31FF:1C:0:0:FACE:B00C ( talk) 07:28, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
Know your subject. You will be nervous, and the better you know your subject, the better you'll be able to cope with stress. Frankly, if you don't know the subject, you shouldn't be giving the speech.
Know your audience. If the audience knows the subject pretty well already, pitch the content at a higher or more controversial / humorous level (to avoid boredom). If they are not familiar with the subject, make it simple and straight-forward, or you will lose them.
Know how much time you have. Plan to speak for no more than 80% of the time, if you will be answering questions.
Memorize the first two or three sentences, no more. The beginning is where people tend to get flustered, so having the first part fully memorized can help launch into the remainder. After those opening sentences, follow a general outline.
If you are going to take questions afterwards, keep control! Don't let someone give a speech from the floor, rather than ask a question. Sometimes it is better to take 2-3 questions at one time, and then answer them as a group, rather than one-by-one.
Remember: you know your subject better than the audience, so don't worry about it! DOR (HK) ( talk) 19:08, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Hi Folks!! Can somebody translate the following:
Um diese beiden Männer und deren Ehefrauen scharte sich im Laufe der Zeit eine Gruppe von politischen Anhängern verschiedenster Charaktere und von verschiedenem Herkommen. Sie waren sich in der aktiven Bekämpfung des Nationalsozialismus und im Eintreten für den Kommunismus einig (Hervorheb. v. Verf.). Bis zum Kriegsausbruch mit der Sowjetunion lag der Schwerpunkt ihrer Arbeit auf innenpolitischem Gebiet. Danach verlagerte er sich mehr auf das Gebiet des Landesverrats und der Spionage zugunsten der Sowjetunion. Anfang 1942 wurde die Schulze-Boysen-Gruppe endgültig in das weit verzweigte Netz des sowjetischen Nachrichtendienstes in West-Europa eingeschaltet. Der Wert der Nachrichten, die von der Gruppe Schulze-Boysen an den sowjetischen Nachrichtendienst weitergegeben wurden, kann nach allgemeinem Urteil nicht unter- schätzt werden. Alle Personen, die sich dienstlich mit diesem Material befassen mußten, geben übereinstimmend an, daß es sich um die gefährlichste Verratsorganisation handelte, die während des 2. Weltkrieges aufgedeckt wurde... In keinem... Fall steht jedoch mit Sicherheit fest, daß die Verurteilten lediglich wegen Hochverrats und Feindbegünstigung verurteilt worden sind. Die Gruppe Schulze-Boysen war in allererster Linie eine Spionageorganisation für die Sowjetunion. Seit dem Kriegsausbruch mit Rußland trat der innere Widerstand zugunsten der Spionagearbeit zurück, und es ist davon auszugehen, daß alle Mitglieder direkt oder indirekt zur Nachrichtenermittlung eingesetzt wurden
Thanks. scope_creep Talk 16:52, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Platinum is supposed to be some kind of silver. However, the Platinum (color) article reveals that platinum is in fact a (very de-saturated) variant of orange. Can you disprove me?? Georgia guy ( talk) 19:02, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
According to our article TS Maxim Gorkiy "In November 1975 an attempt was made to sink the ship. While she was being repaired at San Juan, two bombs were installed on board under the waterline. These were detonated later during the same month as the ship was approaching New York. The damage did not sink the ship however, and she was subsequently repaired at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Hoboken, New Jersey, United States". Do we know who planted the bombs? Thanks, DuncanHill ( talk) 22:51, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
November to December 1975: The Soviet-flag Caribbean liner Maxim Gorky is attacked twice, by a bomb and a limpet mine, at San Juan Harbor in Puerto Rico (right-wing anti-Castro extremists are believed to be responsible).fiveby( zero) 13:13, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
two explosions while docked at 1 A.M. yesterday
...three days after Christmas, anti-Castro guerillas hurled a hand gernade onto the Maxim Gorki, which was berthed in San Juan. Two Soviet crew members were wounded, one seriously
In December 1974, a grenade was rolled down the gangplank of the Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorki, leaving a twenty-year-old Soviet seaman with a serious abdominal wound: an underground Cuban exile organization later took credit for the act.
MAXIM GORKI (Black Sea). San Juan Oct. 31 and St. Thomas, Nov. 1...
We take responsibility for the explosion on the Russian ship Maxim Gorki. There will be no peace in the world until Cuba is liberated from the communists, Roberto.