Karya ba tare da ƙarya ba
"Shin hijirar ta tafi daidai?" — "Mun cimma kowanne mataki a kan jadawalin." Gaskiya. Haka nan: an sake duba jadawalin sau biyu, kuma abubuwan asarar bayanai guda biyu ba su kasance matakai ba. Babu abin karya da aka faɗa; an gabatar da hoton karya. Wannan yana nufin yin wasa da gaskiya — yaudara da aka gina gaba ɗaya daga gaskiyoyi da aka zaɓa.
Wani ƙungiyar masu bincike daga Makarantar Harvard Kennedy, Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Harvard da Wharton — Rogers, Zeckhauser, Gino, Norton da Schweitzer — sun tsara ra'ayin a cikin wani takarda na 2017 a Jaridar Halayen Dan Adam da Harkokin Zamani, 'Artful Paltering'. A cikin binciken gwaji guda biyu da gwaje-gwaje guda shida, sun tabbatar da shi a matsayin wani nau'in yaudara na musamman, wanda ke tsakanin ƙarya ta hanyar aikatawa da ƙarya ta hanyar rashin faɗi: ba faɗin wani abu ƙarya ba, ba zama shiru ba, amma a cikin aiki suna jagorantar tare da gaskiya.
Lambar taken: fiye da rabi na shugabannin kasuwanci 184 da aka yi wa bincike sun amince da yin juyayi a cikin tattaunawarsu — kuma da yawa sun fi son hakan fiye da yin karya kai tsaye, musamman saboda yana jin kamar gaskiya daga ciki.
Rashin fahimta da ke motsa shi
Mafi kyawun binciken karatun ba shine yawan faruwar sa ba — amma asimetrin hukunci. Masu yaudara suna tantance kansu ta hanyar gaskiyar kalmomin su: Na faɗi gaskiya. Masu nufi suna tantancewa ta hanyar tasirin da aka isar: An yaudare ni. Duka suna daidai, wanda shine dalilin da yasa masu yaudara ke jin tsabta yayin da sunayensu ke ƙone a hankali: a cikin gwaje-gwajen, gano yaudara ya lalata amana kuma ya ƙara tsayawa a cikin tattaunawar nan gaba kusan kamar yadda ƙarya kai tsaye take.
Wani bincike na ƙarshe yana da mahimmanci ga ƙididdiga: abubuwan da aka yi hukunci a matsayin ƙarya musamman marar ɗabi'a lokacin da ya amsa tambaya kai tsaye, a kan na zuwa ba tare da an yi tambaya ba. Ka bayar da gaskiya da aka zaɓa kuma kana juyawa; ka yi amfani da ita don guje wa tambaya kai tsaye kuma a idon abokin ka, kana kawai ƙarya tare da ƙarin matakai. Ka tuna da wannan rashin daidaito — tsarin ƙididdiga yana ginu akan shi.
Kalaman weasel: ikirarin da ba shi da mai shi
Idan paltering shine fasahar, kalmomin weasel sune sassan da aka samar da yawa: wasu suna cewa… an bayar da shawara… bincike sun nuna… watakila… da yawa suna yarda… Kowanne gina yana bayar da ikirari tare da mai shi an cire shi da tiyata — ikirari ba tare da alhakin ba, ra'ayi ba tare da nauyin shaidar ba.
Jimlar tana da tarihi mai inganci da dadi. An kirkiro ta a cikin labarin gajeren zango na Stewart Chaplin na 1900 'Dandalin Siyasa na Gilashin da aka Kwashe' a mujallar The Century — 'kalaman weasel kalmomi ne da ke shan dukkan rayuwa daga kalmomin da ke kusa da su, kamar yadda weasel ke shan kwai yana barin kwangila.' Theodore Roosevelt ya shahara da ita a cikin wani takarda a 1916 kan rashin tabbas na siyasa — sannan, lokacin da New York Times ta gano jimlar zuwa ga Chaplin, ta yi ikirarin cewa shi ne ya kirkiro ta a kansa a 1879. Mijin da ya shahara da wannan kalma don gujewa daukar nauyi ya guji daukar nauyi don kalmar.
Gane gaskiya cikin yaudara
- ✗Tsananin shakku na iyaka — wannan bayani gaskiya ne game da takamaiman ɓangaren da aka ambata kuma yana shiru game da sauran ("kai kowane mataki a kan lokaci").
- ✗Samun kayan da ba su da mai — "wasu suna cewa", "an fahimta", " akwai damuwa": ikirarin da ba wanda zai tambaya.
- ✗Tambayar kai tsaye tana karkata — an yi ta a fili, amsar tana amsa wani abu kusa.
- ✗Tsarin kare gaskiya a kan layi — an kalubalanta, amsar ita ce "komai da na fada gaskiya ne", ba "ra'ayin da na bayar ya dace ba".
Counter ɗin
Binciken ya ba mu amsar kai tsaye: yin jita-jita yana bunƙasa a cikin rashin tabbas kuma yana mutuwa a ƙarƙashin tambayoyi kai tsaye — inda ma'aikatan sa ma abokan aikinsu ke hukunta shi a matsayin ƙarya. Don haka ka yi tambayar kai tsaye, a rubuce: "Shin akwai abubuwan da jerin manyan abubuwan ba su rufe ba?" Kuma lokacin da aka kawo ginin weasel, dawo da mai shi: "Waye ya ce? Shin wannan ikirarin naka ne?"
Tattaunawa a matakin hujja na'ura ce don wannan. Kwatancen ana duba su kamar kwatance: matakin kalubalantar tunani yana tambayar abin da wata sanarwa ke nufi, ba kawai abin da take faɗi ba, kuma silsilolin Q&A suna sanya tambayoyi kai tsaye a cikin rajista tare da masu mallakar da kuma halin rufewa — wurin da binciken JPSP ya gano cewa ana hukunta yin jita-jita mafi tsanani kuma yana da tsada sosai. Tsarin weasel ba ya fi kyau ba: node yana buƙatar mai mallaka da goyon baya, kuma "wasu suna cewa" ba ya bayar da duka biyun. Gaskiyoyin da aka zaɓa suna tsira a cikin hanyoyi; a shafin, zaɓin kansa yana bayyana.
Inda yake haɗuwa
Paltering shine mamban gaskiya mai siffar ɓoyayye: tambayoyi masu nauyi suna ɓoye ikirarin a cikin tambaya, kalmomin weasel suna cire mai shi, paltering yana gina hoton ƙarya daga sassa na gaskiya. Wasan fagen sa suna gudana akan wannan na'ura mai zaɓi iri ɗaya da cherry-picking (duba yanke shawara bisa bayanai), kuma ɗan uwansa a matakin ƙamus shine yaren da aka ɗora a cikin jagorar fagen. Hukuncin mai amfani da kai "Na faɗi gaskiya" shine hujja mai motsa jiki tana yin aikinta a hankali.