[DManA]

Why assume that the extra talking is actually communicating information? I think its mostly social noise whose function is to reassure them that the communications channels are still open.

[CDHart]

"I think its mostly social noise whose function is to reassure them that the communications channels are still open."

I think you're right.

Carolyn

[AngryJawa]

Why assume that the extra talking is actually communicating information? I think its mostly social noise whose function is to reassure them that the communications channels are still open.

No, it's quite the opposite.

That "social noise" is nothing more than fillibustering that ensures I'll tune out, give up, and move on without being able to get a word in edgewise.

[PzLdr]

Communication for females is an end in itself. They're herd animals. Men are pack animals. That's why we work better in groups. I't's also why a man in a group at dinner in a restaurant never looks around the table and asks, "Who has to go to the Men's Room?".

[PzLdr]

Communication for females is an end in itself. They're herd animals. Men are pack animals. That's why we work better in groups. I't's also why a man in a group at dinner in a restaurant never looks around the table and asks, "Who has to go to the Men's Room?".