Response to sams chap 3 post

I chose Sams post before I read it because I know him and I have a pretty good idea of his personality so I knew I would probably relate to his post. We did agree on the new approach the chapter takes on conveying my ideas. He thought it was interesting that they were using the persuasion in the writing to cause the desired reaction rather than factual information. As a fellow engineer I know exactly what he is talking about. Most papers we write are full of data that essentially speaks for its self. So this technique is somewhat foreign and I also think that I would not use it as much as most other professions. He didn't write about how it wants to really know how the reader is going to respond and how tough that can be. Which is a large part of what I wrote about. I was a lot more cynical towards this idea than he appeared to be from his writing. But I think that our views are fairly similar in general.