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>Scott Adams thinks he is a wizard whose voice has hypnotic mind-control powers He thinks Trump is a good persuader. And he is. Trump's use of confirmation bia

• Analemma_ 10y ago
  That's probably true! But the "he" in my sentence refers to Scott Adams, not Trump. Scott thinks of himself as a brilliant persuader, a theory that is ill-supported by the evidence.
  • MichaelGG 10y ago
    FWIW I've used Scott's arguments to get at least 2 more votes for Trump. Including one from a 20-something girl that was a diehard Bernie supporter. I know, anecdotal. What I find effective is asking people to really state exactly, specifically, what actions Trump himself is going to do that'll lead to the downfall of civilization or whatever they think's going to happen. Clinton's dirty play with Bernie also helps quite a bit. And honestly, the US accepting that kind of thing, openly (as in, act like this, have it exposed, still become president) would be much more damaging to society.
• gamache 10y ago
  It would seem to me that relying on confirmation bias means he's not much of a persuader at all.