Wendy C. Thompson
wcthomps@mailbox.syr.edu
On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, John Wm. Ridge <jridge@uwec.edu> commented:
> I am disturbed by the comment by Sloan which states that 90% of the
> understanding of a message is dependent on body language. I think we are
> missing some of the assumptions upon which that apparently
> weird conclusion is drawn. What are those assumptions about the
> circumstances?
>
> Without a more careful attention to proper academic communication maybe
> that 90% figure would apply! For my dog, I believe it. For differential
> equations the figure is 0%
Arthur David Sloan <ads@tenet.edu> wrote:
> > Your students need to be aware that 90% of understanding a communication
> > depends upon body language. One cannot see someone else while using
> > e-mail so the chances of being misunderstood (and starting a flame war)
> > are much greater.