<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#0b5394"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 4:08 PM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="">On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Tara Maya wrote:<br>
> How any sane person could compare the crimes of Mao Zedong to the "crimes" of<br>
> manufacturing the goods and services of the modern world is a level intellectual<br>
> dishonesty and/or muddle-headedness that is simply beyond my comprehension.<br>
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</div>And they say the same about you.<br>
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That's because politics and religion is emotionally driven. Non-rational.<br>
You cannot argue anyone out of their basic beliefs. Argument, even<br>
contrary evidence, just reinforces their determination to hold on to<br>
their beliefs.<br>
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BillK<br></font></span></blockquote><div><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148);display:inline">Au contraire - there is an entire and enormous field of psychology devoted to attitude change and creation. In economic psychology there is marketing. Thousands of studies - change and creation occur constantly. One tip: do not present an argument far different from the people whose attitudes you are trying to change. Just try to move them a little way or you will get the stubbornness indicated by billk. But sometimes huge changes, like from religious to atheist or the reverse happen. Just a little thing like whether the pro argument is first or after the con argument matters. Dozens of variables matter aside from the strength of a person' belief. bill w<br>
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