Verb. A strategy frequently encountered in academia wherein an individual attempts to impress or gain favor with superiors, peers, committees and institutions through the use of 1) technical jargon and bureaucratese 2) bootlicking people and/or institutions 3) lying about one's credentials, experience, knowledge and interests 4) cheating to get ahead and 5) attempting to make competition, newbies and non-academic folk feel stupid, useless or inadequate. In essence, being dishonest and attempting to be seem more learned and invested than one actually is in order to climb the ladder.
Unfortunately, many of the people that BSing to be impressing is directed at are fellow BSers, which allows the strategy to gain acceptance and perpetuate.
Unfortunately, many of the people that BSing to be impressing is directed at are fellow BSers, which allows the strategy to gain acceptance and perpetuate.
Ken got accepted into medical school not because he cares about people or has a genuine curiosity for human health, but because he has mastered the skill of BSing to be impressing, and thus was able to trick the admissions committee into thinking that he will make a good doctor. Really, he just wants money, recognition, and accolades. Once he begins practicing as an MD, he will absolutely let poor, minority, and/or female patients die.
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Get the BSing to be impressing mug.A person or thing, or message, that impresses; specifically: an agent that increases an emotional response, whether based on circumstances or induced by others who under the influence of the same or similar circumstances, that leads to an alternative reality or an instinctive desire to lie to others about who or what you really are; messages sent by a person to others for the purpose of impressing them about themselves, whether the information contained in the messages is true or false, and regardless of the medium used.
I just watched a reality TV show and the behavior of those in the show resulted in impressants bombarding me to the point that I became a habitual liar about who I am.
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Get the impressiver mug.1. An acting technique, in Immersive Storytelling, where the actor, while "in performance," must align AN external (sometimes conflicting) point-of-view and their own, predetermined multi-linear narrative, towards an Shared Immediate Objective using Improvisation
2. Without Deception, Communicating an AGREED TRUTH within and while , supporting a fully predetermined-immersive reality
a. Agreed truth: A character's accepted fact or their immediate response to a fact through a process of consistent veracity.
Much like Stanislavki's Method, where, the actor must relive the character's experience as their own, Impersion requires the actor to BLEND the script's written truths with their own unwritten embodiment of the character to create "agreed truths" that surround the written/scripted facts. Then, the ACTOR must improvise -- their agreed truths alongside and in specific time with the written facts in order to maintain authentic connection with the audience's point of view WHILE the audience's POV is changing.
What truly differs great Impersion from great Improvisation is that Impersion exists within a scripted narrative, reveals personal intent or information within scripted timing and is, most importantly, interdependent on the "AUDIENCE'S" POV while it changes"
2. Without Deception, Communicating an AGREED TRUTH within and while , supporting a fully predetermined-immersive reality
a. Agreed truth: A character's accepted fact or their immediate response to a fact through a process of consistent veracity.
Much like Stanislavki's Method, where, the actor must relive the character's experience as their own, Impersion requires the actor to BLEND the script's written truths with their own unwritten embodiment of the character to create "agreed truths" that surround the written/scripted facts. Then, the ACTOR must improvise -- their agreed truths alongside and in specific time with the written facts in order to maintain authentic connection with the audience's point of view WHILE the audience's POV is changing.
What truly differs great Impersion from great Improvisation is that Impersion exists within a scripted narrative, reveals personal intent or information within scripted timing and is, most importantly, interdependent on the "AUDIENCE'S" POV while it changes"
"The written scene between Actors A and B was cool, but the Background Actor's impersion revealed more of the story that I was, personally, interested in."
"The new Grand Theft Auto's detailed impersion helped me balance the control I have of my character with the lack of control I have of the overall shared story."
"The new Grand Theft Auto's detailed impersion helped me balance the control I have of my character with the lack of control I have of the overall shared story."
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An acting technique, in Immersive Storytelling, where the actor, while "in performance," must align AN external (sometimes conflicting) point-of-view and their own, predetermined multi-linear narrative, towards a Shared Immediate Objective using Improvisation
2. Verb: IMPERSION
Without Deception, Communicating an AGREED TRUTH within and while , supporting a fully predetermined-immersive reality
a. Agreed truth: A character's accepted fact or their immediate response to a fact through a process of consistent veracity.
Much like Stanislavki's Method, where, the actor must relive the character's experience as their own, Impersion requires the actor to BLEND the script's written truths with their own unwritten embodiment of the character to create "agreed truths" that surround the written/scripted facts. Then, the ACTOR must improvise -- their agreed truths alongside and in specific time with the written facts in order to maintain authentic connection with the audience's point of view WHILE the audience's POV is changing.
What truly differs great Impersion from great Improvisation is that Impersion exists within a scripted narrative, reveals personal intent or information within scripted timing and is, most importantly, interdependent on the "AUDIENCE'S" POV while it changes"
An acting technique, in Immersive Storytelling, where the actor, while "in performance," must align AN external (sometimes conflicting) point-of-view and their own, predetermined multi-linear narrative, towards a Shared Immediate Objective using Improvisation
2. Verb: IMPERSION
Without Deception, Communicating an AGREED TRUTH within and while , supporting a fully predetermined-immersive reality
a. Agreed truth: A character's accepted fact or their immediate response to a fact through a process of consistent veracity.
Much like Stanislavki's Method, where, the actor must relive the character's experience as their own, Impersion requires the actor to BLEND the script's written truths with their own unwritten embodiment of the character to create "agreed truths" that surround the written/scripted facts. Then, the ACTOR must improvise -- their agreed truths alongside and in specific time with the written facts in order to maintain authentic connection with the audience's point of view WHILE the audience's POV is changing.
What truly differs great Impersion from great Improvisation is that Impersion exists within a scripted narrative, reveals personal intent or information within scripted timing and is, most importantly, interdependent on the "AUDIENCE'S" POV while it changes"
"The written scene between Actors A and B was cool, but the Background Actor's impersion revealed more of the story that I was, personally, interested in."
"The new Grand Theft Auto's detailed impersion helped me balance the control I have of my character (interactive) with the lack of control I have of the overall shared story (immersive)."
"The new Grand Theft Auto's detailed impersion helped me balance the control I have of my character (interactive) with the lack of control I have of the overall shared story (immersive)."
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