Communication usually fails, except by accident

the human communications equivalent of Murphy’s Laws. - If communication can fail, it will. - If a message can be understood in different ways, it will be understood in just that way which does the most harm. - There is always somebody who knows better than you what you meant by your message. - The more communication there is, the more difficult it is for communication to succeed... anytime there are two people conversing, there are actually six people in the conversation:... - Osmo Wiio: Communication usually fails, except by accident — Medium