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It seems your line of reasoning is predicated on the idea that people are rational about these things. I think that can be quite mixed, in reality. A counterpo
by interroboink 3y ago
It seems your line of reasoning is predicated on the idea that people are rational about these things. I think that can be quite mixed, in reality.
A counterpoint might be: if you earnestly and honestly want to change people's behavior via whatever means necessary, then non-logical correlation/causation associations, appeals to emotion, and other smokescreens as you mention are effective tools and may get you there faster than logical sequences would.
That's just been my experience; YMMV.
- BugsJustFindMe 3y agoThe old "trick people into doing what you want, not what they want, by repeatedly lying to their faces" model of governance.
- interroboink 3y agoThere's certainly that, but in truth, I didn't mean it that way. More like: "trick people into doing what's in their own best interests, because their hearts may not swayed by logic, even if their minds are."