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> is that changing people's minds when they are grounded in self-interest belief, is next to impossible. If all you take are short-term measurements, then thi
by akira2501 4y ago
> is that changing people's minds when they are grounded in self-interest belief, is next to impossible.
If all you take are short-term measurements, then this would seem to be true. In my experience, the longer-term results are more achievable then popular thinking might suggest.
- ggm 4y agoDeath-bed conversions argue to your side of the deal, for sure. Richard Francis Burton was a disbeliever right up until he died in trieste, when his wife miraculously declared he'd changed his mind. hence, buried in hallowed ground. Less facetiously, I do think de-radicalisation works, and so a long term commitment to listening, being accepting of difference but encouraging wider thinking might work to bring committed anti-vaxx and AGW denialists back into the fold, but it demands a patience I probably lack. A geologist friend said its a life burden to commit to trying to change people's minds in his field (paleo) few can endure. He'd rather talk to people he doesn't have to argue with. I don't know Web 3.0/NFT proponents have the time free to engage in a long-term de-programming exercise. They'd be very busy actualising their net worth, one tik-tok at a time.