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The upshot of these experiments appears to be: communicating a "relevant, harm-based, and personal experience" leads people to rate you as more rational and res
by croissants 6y ago
The upshot of these experiments appears to be: communicating a "relevant, harm-based, and personal experience" leads people to rate you as more rational and respect you more. Maybe because it reframes the interaction from "who will win this fight, you or me?" to "gosh, I'm a vulnerable human, and here's part of how I got that way", which makes beating them at this game or demonizing them...somewhat less appealing.
- civilized 6y agoSo we politely validate the other person's personal experience and go on our way, forgetting about the whole thing and cleaving back to our original ideas within a few hours. That is to say, maybe neither of the interventions in this study has any long-term impact.
- TameAntelope 6y agoVulnerability has been popular for a while now as a way of successfully navigating crucial conversations.