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In communication, it is the messenger's responsibility to ensure that the intended recipient hears the message being conveyed.

However, when called upon to make a value judgement between ensuring that the message is heard as intended vs. understood as intended, many messengers, with very noble messages in their trust, fail to choose the latter.

The black box that transforms what we hear into what we know is the final arbiter of perceived truth.

At the altar of futile nobility lies many an endeavor; burnt offerings to the love of form over function.

If the intended recipient of a message does not receive it, does the delivery of said message warrant any merit in and of itself?

Is it virtue to simply consign our thoughts to their intended destinations and hope veritas will speak for itself?