I’ve pointed out that the numbers oft quoted with reference to the percentages of meaning that come from verbal, and non-verbal cues, and attributed to Meharabian, were never actually said by him, at least in the way that is commonly understood.

So I was looking forward to seeing a video entitled “Busting the Meharabian Myth” which explains why Meharabian was wrong. Of course he never said what people think he said, so there some strange irony here, in that the video which is quite charming, continues to propagate the incorrect idea that Meharabian said what they think he said.

He didn’t. It’s a strange world.