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> you cannot reason someone out of a position they have not been reasoned into Yes you can, that’s one of the best things about reason. I see this phrase pop u
by phdelightful 4y ago
> you cannot reason someone out of a position they have not been reasoned into
Yes you can, that’s one of the best things about reason. I see this phrase pop up from time to time and I guess it’s just too cute to die
- jhbadger 4y agoExactly. If that were the case, it would be impossible for people raised to be religious as children to become atheists as adults when they've realized that the evidence for their religion doesn't hold up, but this is very common.
- heresie-dabord 4y agoI understand the expression to be shorthand for the principle that a person will defend a comfortable bunker position stubbornly and with main force. Changing the person's thinking will require significant energy and may exhaust your resources. Your adversary may die in that bunker. But there's an entire economic system that got your opponent to enter the position and believe in it.