TimS comments on Four Tips for Public Speaking - Less Wrong

39 Post author: palladias 15 April 2013 02:56PM

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Comment author: TimS 16 April 2013 01:49:33PM 3 points [-]

The most important part of (1) is:

don't apologize for talking. Don't start with disclaimers

In parallel, if you make a mistake during speaking, don't spend any time apologizing during the speech.

The first man on the Moon was Buzz Aldrin. Oops. That's a stupid mistake, I'm so sorry - I haven't prepared as well as I'd like. Actually, the first man on the Moon was Neil Armstrong.

is strictly worse (in a speech) than:

The first man on the Moon was Buzz Aldrin. Oops. Neil Armstrong.