(07-11-2018, 01:19 AM)deags link Wrote:The laughing in the stands doesn't worry me too much.
He looked like he was embarrassed to be on the big screen, and really, does it matter if he was laughing?
Like someone said, people even have a laugh at a funeral. (not specifically aimed at you LP)
The trouble is it's like Barrett claiming his laughter at Barry Hall was an uncomfortable laugh.
The effects of Pareidolia come into play. You've been told it's an uncomfortable laugh before you even look at the video, so you think it's an uncomfortable laugh, you cannot unlearn the prior information. It's like the tabloid reporter telling you just look at this slimy person in the following video, you'll watch it and determine the subject is a creep. See the face of god in this piece of toast, hear the word Yanny or Laurel. Some of you may recall a famous episode of The Simpsons that made an issue of how this works!
It happens for speech, vision, touch and written word.
Barrett relied on that which is why he got on the front foot before most people heard the audio. It's a common media trick, and it's used in print and broadcast media. It can be as simple as the choice of song they play before a story is reported, and marketing people have known about those effects for decades!
The people who watched the video and saw McKay laughing at the team's efforts, will forever look at the video and see McKay laughing at the team's efforts! The people who heard that McKay laughed at the teams effort before they watched the video, are more likely to agree with that perspective. The people who heard McKay laughed uncomfortably about being on the big screen, are more than likely to agree with that!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"