"Thinking past the sale" is not a thing. It's some gibberish Scott Adams made up to sell books and podcast ads. Let's take your example. Is there a documented

"Thinking past the sale" is not a thing. It's some gibberish Scott Adams made up to sell books and podcast ads. Let's take your example. Is there a documented case of someone who started out being against the wall and then got confused into supporting it by the "Mexico pays" canard? I'd love to see that. There are various rhetorical tactics and yes they can be effective... but none of them amount to Jedi mind tricks. edit: to test my assertion, google that phrase. then google it with only results from 2015 or earlier. Scott Adams all the way down.