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>And with that, I throw down the gauntlet. Analyze this!

Sure. Scored with EffectCheck:

Anxiety - Very High

Hostility - High

Depression - Very High

Confidence - Low

Compassion - Low

Happiness - Very Low

I will post a longer explanation detailing how/why it works, since others have had this question as well.



This is excellent. Would you be willing to check this text from my blog please?

"It's said that great military commanders, chess players and Go players feel physical pressure on their stomachs when their game pieces are threatened, and the pressure indicates the moves to make. This full-body thinking communicates much more rapidly than purely deductive mental reasoning. The intuition is the result of thousands of prior episodes where such reasoning was employed, acted on and the outcome experienced in all its pain or glory.

Other than hours of practicing the game, or whatever one does, the only other way to improve the chance of learning this physical intuition is to be sure one's body is not sending conflicting signals. Please eat well and exercise."


Sure. Here you go:

Anxiety - High

Hostility - High

Depression - High

Confidence - Medium

Compassion - Very Low to Low

Happiness - Low to Medium


Haha, thanks. Looking forward to an explanation of this.


I'm not sure that I understand. You have just demonstrated that the algorithm does not work.


Depends if you actually ment what your wrote. I think his point is that if you did, you would have chosen a different wording from a psychological point of view.


I'd argue that it worked perfectly, actually.

What were the poster's true motivations? Not what they stated, but what they truly meant.


What this kind of analysis needs is a blind test. Ask three groups to rate text independently in the same metrics - 1) General public. 2) Psychologists 3) Algorithm.

The results should be interesting. However, if the authors claim subliminal effects, then I do not how that could be tested.


Whats your model for folks who have proven mental health issues? I have little faith that a clinically depressed, or worse, person would fit the same profile.

And there's got to be enough folks with mental health problems to destroy your margin of error, this is the lonely internet afterall.




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