Flip side of that, IMO, is the Hawthorne Effect.
I've used it deliberately, with full knowledge beforehand that whatever I am attempting that occasion will fail, and/or be ineffective in fixing whatever is broken/wrong/screwed up.
And I have had almost universal positive results.
Of course, you never tell the victi, er, pigeo, um, client you're relying on the Hawthorne Effect to make them happy.
I've used it deliberately, with full knowledge beforehand that whatever I am attempting that occasion will fail, and/or be ineffective in fixing whatever is broken/wrong/screwed up.
And I have had almost universal positive results.
Of course, you never tell the victi, er, pigeo, um, client you're relying on the Hawthorne Effect to make them happy.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
