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I've seen this kind of sentiment a lot. But it seems like if you want to bring people into the fold, you might stop calling them names and pointing out the wron
by Wonderdonkey 13y ago
I've seen this kind of sentiment a lot. But it seems like if you want to bring people into the fold, you might stop calling them names and pointing out the wrongness of their previous beliefs over and over.
Show some human understanding. Let them save face. Invite them in and make them want to join you. Find points of agreement. For example, it isn't incorrect to question science, especially when just tens of decades of data are being used to predict the outcomes of epochal processes. But now it's not just predictions. You can see the effects with your own eyes. Something immediate is happening now. And whether you believe(d) the cause was human or not, what is certainly true is that humans have the ability and urgent need to improve the situation.
The more important goal (more important than trumpeting your rightness) is solving the problem. Any one of us could have been a "denier" in different circumstances. World views take time to adjust, and getting insulted by your philosophical opponents over and over doesn't speed up the process.