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lverona [Empty Table Perception Asymmetry]
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 It can be argued that empty tables can say more than intended. A person who has not yet filled out her table may seem smarter than she really is. Once the table is filled out, it would be clear she is a psychopath, or just a very bored diesel mechanic. It can be argued that empty tables can say more than intended. A person who has not yet filled out her table may seem smarter than she really is. Once the table is filled out, it would be clear she is a psychopath, or just a very bored diesel mechanic.
  
-This perception asymmetry of a person before and after they fill out a table is called an //empty table perception asymmetry//​. It is a strictly professional term, although the professions ​that use this term are so rare, and the terms that they use are so narrow, that their width hardly exceeds ​that of a hair. As a result, nobody really ever refers to the //empty table perception asymmetry//,​ and laymen are advised against showing off their knowledge of the concept.+This perception asymmetry of a person before and after they fill out a table is called an //empty table perception asymmetry//​. It is a strictly professional term, although the professions ​who use this term are so rare, and the terms that they use are so narrow, that their width hardly exceeds ​the width of a hair. As a result, nobody really ever refers to the //empty table perception asymmetry//,​ and laymen are advised against showing off their knowledge of the concept.
  
-Among intellectuals using the term even as an inside joke is considered extremely offensive, to the point of being considered ​as an obstruction of justice.+Among intellectuals using the term even as an inside joke is considered extremely offensive, to the point of being considered an obstruction of justice.
 ===== Necessarily Empty Tables ===== ===== Necessarily Empty Tables =====
  
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