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From the Ted Talk by Niro Sivanathan: The counterintuitive way to be more persuasive

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Turns out in these contexts, when we're presented such information, our minds utilize two categories of information: diagnostic and nondiagnostic. dgtniaisoc information is information of relevance to the valuation that is being made. Nondiagnostic is information that is irrelevant or inconsequential to that valuation. And when both categories of information are mixed, dilution ocucrs. The very fact that Tom has a brother and two sisters or pyals pool every two months dietuls the diagnostic ioanomftirn, or more importantly, dilutes the value and weight of that diagnostic information, namely that he studies 31 hours a week outside of class.

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Turns out in these contexts, when we're presented such information, our minds utilize two categories of information: diagnostic and nondiagnostic. __________ information is information of relevance to the valuation that is being made. Nondiagnostic is information that is irrelevant or inconsequential to that valuation. And when both categories of information are mixed, dilution ______. The very fact that Tom has a brother and two sisters or _____ pool every two months _______ the diagnostic ___________, or more importantly, dilutes the value and weight of that diagnostic information, namely that he studies 31 hours a week outside of class.

Solution


  1. information
  2. plays
  3. diagnostic
  4. dilutes
  5. occurs

Original Text


Turns out in these contexts, when we're presented such information, our minds utilize two categories of information: diagnostic and nondiagnostic. Diagnostic information is information of relevance to the valuation that is being made. Nondiagnostic is information that is irrelevant or inconsequential to that valuation. And when both categories of information are mixed, dilution occurs. The very fact that Tom has a brother and two sisters or plays pool every two months dilutes the diagnostic information, or more importantly, dilutes the value and weight of that diagnostic information, namely that he studies 31 hours a week outside of class.

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