A note for Sam Sifton, Adam Platt, and all the Yelpers out there: Studies show that expert critics are more persuasive when they seem tentative about their conclusions, while amateurs need to lay on the confidence: "people do a cognitive double take when reviewers’ expertise is mismatched with their level of certainty. That double take leads to greater involvement in the text." [NYT]
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