The Exchanges

Every argument clarity score on this site is built from rows on this page. Each question and answer was assessed with names hidden, the host's own answers included, on four things from 1 to 5: directness (does it answer the question asked), coherence (do the ideas follow), precision (concrete details and clear references), compression (says a lot per word). The weighted mix (30/30/25/15) is the exchange score. A person's published score averages their exchange scores on raw tape only, at least 8 of them, shrunk toward the cohort mean. Full method →

Mel Ziegler no published score: no usable exchanges on raw tape, and a fair score needs 8+ record → ← everyone

Every exchange below was scored with names hidden, four dimensions each from 1 to 5. An exchange's score is 0.30·directness + 0.30·coherence + 0.25·precision + 0.15·compression. The published score averages the raw tape exchange scores and shrinks small samples toward the cohort mean, so five great answers can't beat twenty good ones. Produced feed rows count only toward coarse estimates, never toward a full score.

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Answered produced feed D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85

Q How, how did the two of you meet at the, at the paper?

A Well, I think in those days, the only job an unemployable person could get was, was as a newspaper reporter. Anyway, I, um, I was sitting there, I was covering these stories, and then I saw this beautiful woman walk in and turn into the art department, and I thought, whoa, that's somebody I want to meet. And right in front of the art department was the copy machine, the Xerox machine as they called it that day, so I suddenly developed all these things I had to copy. And I went over and copied and copied and copied and stole as many glasses as I could until finally, a couple of days later, there was a Christmas party, and I worked up my courage to go over and meet Patricia. And it was a moment that we talk about a lot because it was one of those moments that will be lost in time forever because when we both saw each other, there was such a profound connection.

AI assessment note: “there was a Christmas party, and I worked up my courage to go over and meet Patricia”

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