- Disclaimer: Certain types of disclaimers are riskier than other forms of powerless communication. For example, it’s common for people
to start a sentence with “I don’t mean to sound selfish, but.. ." Psychologists have shown that this type of disclaimer backfires: it
heightens the expectation that the speaker is going to say something selfish, which leads the listener to search for—and find—information
that confirms the speaker’s selfishness.
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