To translate kinesics or paralinguistic messages into words is likely to introduce gross falsification due not merely to the human propensity for trying to falsify statements about "feelings" and relationship and to the distortions which arise whenever the products of one system of coding are dissected onto the premises of another, but especially to the fact that all such translation must give to the more or less unconscious and involuntary message the appearance of conscious intent.
Greg BearBut to fight something, you really have to try to understand its motivationsโparticularly when the something youโre fighting holds most of the cards, the deck is stacked against you, and the whole gambling hall is on fire and filled with thugs.
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