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To just convey ideas? Of course it's not necessary. To convince someone to change their world view? This is nowhere near _enough_, just a small start. They wer
by scratcheee 4y ago
To just convey ideas? Of course it's not necessary.
To convince someone to change their world view? This is nowhere near _enough_, just a small start.
They were not talking about couching every fact or snippet taught in physics class getting couched in all this extra "sugarcoating". They were talking about the kind of conversations that almost never go well at all - they're trying to improve the odds of an interaction convincing someone to change their polarized viewpoint from 0.01% to 0.03%.
For that use-case, obviously there's value in exploring different techniques, given the typical technique (scream at them and then block them) doesn't work well at all at actually changing their mind.
- aspaviento 4y agoNo matter how soft and gentle your touch is, when you are trying to change someone else's values, if they are not up to accept other point of views, it will go bad. All this sugarcoat could be interpreted as you trying to patronize them, seeing them as intelectually inferior or who knows what other negative connotation they can infer.
- scratcheee 4y agoAgreed that patting someone on the head and telling them they're a good boy despite their nazi views isn't the right move, though that's pretty clearly a strawman of what's being suggested here.