An effective writing technique that LLMs have learned to imitate: "Connect nine of the ten dots."
- An effective writing technique that LLMs have learned to imitate: "Connect nine of the ten dots."
- The last dot is obvious and trivial, but the reader connects it.
- Because the reader connects it, they feel ownership over the insight, instead of it being pushed on them.
- Chase Hughes, a former behavior analyst for the Navy, describes this technique as "elicitation."
- By leaving incomplete information, you invite the other person to fill in the gaps.
- Useful for building rapport, but also for getting people to flesh out information you only partially have.