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This list of rebuttals to common objections was posted recently: https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ Not exactly what you as
by bulatb 7y ago
This list of rebuttals to common objections was posted recently:
https://grist.org/series/skeptics/ https://grist.org/series/skeptics/
Not exactly what you asked for, but maybe it can help.
For what it's worth, I strongly agree with everyone who's saying facts and figures aren't the answer. The only honest way to change somebody's mind is (1) have a thorough understanding of the issue at multiple levels; (2) listen to and hear their reasons and make them feel heard; (3) understand what's behind their belief; and (4) use all that to nudge them in the "right" direction (yours) in ways that don't conflict with what you found in (3). "Proving" people wrong with evidence is often not effective, especially on issues like this.
People are more interested in feeling right than being right. (This isn't good or bad, just Goodhart's law.) Try to help him be right without feeling wrong, whether that's with evidence or not.
In any case, good luck.
- _bxg1 7y agoThat source looks excellent, thanks. I know there's a strong tendency for people to hold to their beliefs against evidence, but I think the degree of that effect varies for everyone, and I just think it's unhelpful to write everyone off as completely hopeless.