An article is finished when published. The discussion beneath it keeps accumulating answers, corrections and search-visible phrasings that the original never contained.
Adept
The hidden part#0292
A publication is complete on the day it appears. A discussion is still adding answers years later.
Distribution is decided by early response, and early response depends on who is present. The same text posted twice can receive very different audiences.
Novice
The hidden part#0288
The first small audience is treated as a sample of everyone, and the clock decides who that audience is.
A statement is received; a conclusion the listener reaches is produced by them. Self-generated material is better retained and harder to argue against.
Adept
The hidden part#0266
Told a conclusion, the listener stores a claim. Asked a question, they store their own answer.
Order effects depend on the interval between arguments and the moment of decision. Where a vote follows immediately, the final case is the one still intact.
Master
The hidden part#0265
Order is not the variable. The interval between the last argument and the decision is.
Stating the strongest objection yourself removes it as a weapon and demonstrates that you examined it. Both effects work only on an audience already resisting.
Novice
The hidden part#0263
Naming the objection helps only if you answer it. Named and unanswered, it is a gift to the other side.