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Social psychologists who study stereotypes and prejudice have conducted experiments testing roughly what you describe. What they've largely concluded is that ed
by spamizbad 8y ago
Social psychologists who study stereotypes and prejudice have conducted experiments testing roughly what you describe. What they've largely concluded is that educational content does not significantly change anyone's views.
I don't know about flat earth, but for negative stereotypes (racism) the only thing found so far to change minds has been prolonged, direct interaction with the stereotyped group. Attending a single service at a black church would probably do more to ameliorate someones racism against blacks than hundreds of hours of videos making detailed logical arguments.
Keep in mind, this applies to people's views as opposed to their behavior.
- deegles 8y agoI agree, though the person that needs to be convinced of that is Zuck :)
- colemannugent 8y agoI think about this a lot: If someone arrived at at conclusion through irrational means, what makes you think that a rational argument would change their mind? I'm convinced that rational thinking is often so unhelpful for survival that humans developed this massive set of patterns to recognize (read stereotypes and logical fallacies) in order to simply keep living. Now that we are starting to push the limits of our biology we run into these anti-patterns that arise.
- bena 8y agoIt's not an uncommon conclusion. So common, it's been attributed to many famous thinkers over the years: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themselves into. Also, I would say you're not too far off with how we've developed. A lot of things that are useful for a more "primitive" species work against us now. Pareidolia just really messes with us now. Whereas before when the risk of being mauled by a predator was much more real, the fact that what you thought was a bear was really a funny shaped rock 9 times out of 10 will save you that 1 time it is a bear.
- brightball 8y ago100% agree. What people believe is reflected in what they see and have repeatedly reinforced. If they've seen someone live up to a stereotype once and then have others just talk to reinforce that same stereotype, they'll continue to believe because it's the only real exposure they have. You'll never convince someone unless they see it with their own eyes, which is one of the major reasons that internet publications built to reinforce different stereotypes are such a problem.
- nextlevelwizard 8y ago>If they've seen someone live up to a stereotype The thing is that stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. That reason being that they apply well on majority of cases. For others who think that showing educational videos is going to change minds, think why you call some videos propaganda and others educational. Now try and think what the person you are trying to influence will think about your video. You'll see the problem quickly.
- CompanionCuuube 8y agoI've heard from gun owners that the most effective way to convert people who are pro gun control is to take them to the range.
- jstarfish 8y agoThe corollary works just as often though.
- zamalek 8y agoYour ideas largely agree with this empirical evidence [1]. An additional lesson we can learn from Davis is that hatred does not solve hatred - if anything it makes the intolerant feel justified in their beliefs because it plays directly into their self-serving bias. [1]: https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinced-200-ku-klux-klan-members-to-give-up-their-robes https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544861933/how-one-man-convinc...