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> The power of reasons is an illusion. The belief will not change when the reasons are defeated. The causality is reversed. People believe the reasons because t
by xboxnolifes 4y ago
> The power of reasons is an illusion. The belief will not change when the reasons are defeated. The causality is reversed. People believe the reasons because they believe in the conclusion.
This is one of my pet peeves with even casual conversation. Someone goes "I don't like X, because Y." You point out Y is false, and the response is "Well, I still don't like X".
It used to annoy me because wanted to help people not base their views on bad information, as that's what I would want people to do for me. But now, it mostly just annoys me because of how predictable it is. You know the only good answer is to agree with them, so what's the point in even conversing?
- lazide 4y agoIt’s actually even worse. For many people, disagreeing with them makes you their enemy, emotionally at least. So you’ve mostly just been alienating people while thinking you’re trying to help them. Most people have conversations to feed their emotional needs for social interactions and validation, not to learn anything. We’re interesting animals.
- bombcar 4y agoBecause it's predictable you can use that. You just have to use a different form of communication than the "scientific one". Don't ask why do you not like X because that will get false reasons. Instead, ask how X affects them, how it makes them feel, etc. But this is more difficult and basically boils down to "become their friend and know them as a person".