#persuasion — Public Fediverse posts

Oh look, #AI #chatbots are now mind-bending wizards! 🤖✨ But wait, their secret is... #JavaScript and cookies?! 🍪 Because obviously, the path to #persuasion is paved with browser settings. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-becoming-experts-changing-people-s-minds-what-s-their-secret #cookies #wizardry #HackerNews #ngated

Oh look, #AI #chatbots are now mind-bending wizards! 🤖✨ But wait, their secret is... #JavaScript and cookies?! 🍪 Because obviously, the path to #persuasion is paved with browser settings. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-becoming-experts-changing-people-s-minds-what-s-their-secret #cookies #wizardry #HackerNews #ngated

Oh look, #AI #chatbots are now mind-bending wizards! 🤖✨ But wait, their secret is... #JavaScript and cookies?! 🍪 Because obviously, the path to #persuasion is paved with browser settings. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-becoming-experts-changing-people-s-minds-what-s-their-secret #cookies #wizardry #HackerNews #ngated

Oh look, #AI #chatbots are now mind-bending wizards! 🤖✨ But wait, their secret is... #JavaScript and cookies?! 🍪 Because obviously, the path to #persuasion is paved with browser settings. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-becoming-experts-changing-people-s-minds-what-s-their-secret #cookies #wizardry #HackerNews #ngated

Oh look, #AI #chatbots are now mind-bending wizards! 🤖✨ But wait, their secret is... #JavaScript and cookies?! 🍪 Because obviously, the path to #persuasion is paved with browser settings. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-chatbots-are-becoming-experts-changing-people-s-minds-what-s-their-secret #cookies #wizardry #HackerNews #ngated

Don’t Be Derisive

https://deirdrew.com/2026/09/12/dont-be-derisive/

Don’t Be Derisive

https://deirdrew.com/2026/09/12/dont-be-derisive/

Don’t Be Derisive

https://deirdrew.com/2026/09/12/dont-be-derisive/

Don’t Be Derisive

https://deirdrew.com/2026/09/12/dont-be-derisive/

Don’t Be Derisive

https://deirdrew.com/2026/09/12/dont-be-derisive/

We're safe here from using these two scoundrels...

Research Shows Your Brain Is Being Hijacked by X and LinkedIn

https://www.inc.com/stephanie-davis/research-brain-twitter-x-linkedin-reddit-founder-advice/91402265

#LinkedIn #Twitter #persuasion

We're safe here from using these two scoundrels...

Research Shows Your Brain Is Being Hijacked by X and LinkedIn

https://www.inc.com/stephanie-davis/research-brain-twitter-x-linkedin-reddit-founder-advice/91402265

#LinkedIn #Twitter #persuasion

We're safe here from using these two scoundrels...

Research Shows Your Brain Is Being Hijacked by X and LinkedIn

https://www.inc.com/stephanie-davis/research-brain-twitter-x-linkedin-reddit-founder-advice/91402265

#LinkedIn #Twitter #persuasion

We're safe here from using these two scoundrels...

Research Shows Your Brain Is Being Hijacked by X and LinkedIn

https://www.inc.com/stephanie-davis/research-brain-twitter-x-linkedin-reddit-founder-advice/91402265

#LinkedIn #Twitter #persuasion

We're safe here from using these two scoundrels...

Research Shows Your Brain Is Being Hijacked by X and LinkedIn

https://www.inc.com/stephanie-davis/research-brain-twitter-x-linkedin-reddit-founder-advice/91402265

#LinkedIn #Twitter #persuasion

One simple word makes children 30 percent more likely to cooperate. It works on adults, too.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/jonah-berger-one-word-children-persuasion-technique-ex1/

One simple word makes children 30 percent more likely to cooperate. It works on adults, too.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/jonah-berger-one-word-children-persuasion-technique-ex1/

One simple word makes children 30 percent more likely to cooperate. It works on adults, too.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/jonah-berger-one-word-children-persuasion-technique-ex1/

One simple word makes children 30 percent more likely to cooperate. It works on adults, too.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/jonah-berger-one-word-children-persuasion-technique-ex1/

» People change their own minds, you don’t do it for them

» Behind a defensive reaction are concerns – start there

» Push the open door – make allies of the people amenable to the change

» People change their own minds, you don’t do it for them

» Behind a defensive reaction are concerns – start there

» Push the open door – make allies of the people amenable to the change

» People change their own minds, you don’t do it for them

» Behind a defensive reaction are concerns – start there

» Push the open door – make allies of the people amenable to the change

» People change their own minds, you don’t do it for them

» Behind a defensive reaction are concerns – start there

» Push the open door – make allies of the people amenable to the change

» People change their own minds, you don’t do it for them

» Behind a defensive reaction are concerns – start there

» Push the open door – make allies of the people amenable to the change

I've been looking into the term #technoplasmosis, and I find it disturbing, how #marketing is described as #persuasion. At best, it is #delusional, if we assume folks just believe what they are told without #criticalthinking, which is quite likely for the majority of graduates going into marketing and #business. But the more knowledgeable folk can see Bernays' work finding refined deployment. We are being #hacked, manipulated to behave in well-defined ways.

#politics #economics #technology

I've been looking into the term #technoplasmosis, and I find it disturbing, how #marketing is described as #persuasion. At best, it is #delusional, if we assume folks just believe what they are told without #criticalthinking, which is quite likely for the majority of graduates going into marketing and #business. But the more knowledgeable folk can see Bernays' work finding refined deployment. We are being #hacked, manipulated to behave in well-defined ways.

#politics #economics #technology

I've been looking into the term #technoplasmosis, and I find it disturbing, how #marketing is described as #persuasion. At best, it is #delusional, if we assume folks just believe what they are told without #criticalthinking, which is quite likely for the majority of graduates going into marketing and #business. But the more knowledgeable folk can see Bernays' work finding refined deployment. We are being #hacked, manipulated to behave in well-defined ways.

#politics #economics #technology

I've been looking into the term #technoplasmosis, and I find it disturbing, how #marketing is described as #persuasion. At best, it is #delusional, if we assume folks just believe what they are told without #criticalthinking, which is quite likely for the majority of graduates going into marketing and #business. But the more knowledgeable folk can see Bernays' work finding refined deployment. We are being #hacked, manipulated to behave in well-defined ways.

#politics #economics #technology

I've been looking into the term #technoplasmosis, and I find it disturbing, how #marketing is described as #persuasion. At best, it is #delusional, if we assume folks just believe what they are told without #criticalthinking, which is quite likely for the majority of graduates going into marketing and #business. But the more knowledgeable folk can see Bernays' work finding refined deployment. We are being #hacked, manipulated to behave in well-defined ways.

#politics #economics #technology

One false argument can collapse an LLM's accuracy to near zero, new study shows

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https://1ban.news/llm-adversarial-persuasion-beliefs-2026/

#1ban #llm #adversarial #persuasion #beliefs #tech

One false argument can collapse an LLM's accuracy to near zero, new study shows

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#1ban #llm #adversarial #persuasion #beliefs #tech

One false argument can collapse an LLM's accuracy to near zero, new study shows

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https://1ban.news/llm-adversarial-persuasion-beliefs-2026/

#1ban #llm #adversarial #persuasion #beliefs #tech

One false argument can collapse an LLM's accuracy to near zero, new study shows

Share if you found this interesting.

https://1ban.news/llm-adversarial-persuasion-beliefs-2026/

#1ban #llm #adversarial #persuasion #beliefs #tech

One false argument can collapse an LLM's accuracy to near zero, new study shows

Share if you found this interesting.

https://1ban.news/llm-adversarial-persuasion-beliefs-2026/

#1ban #llm #adversarial #persuasion #beliefs #tech

Review: Persuasion – One of Jane Austen’s Most Underrated Books. (Spoilers)

Last Christmas, one of the books I received was Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which, as the title says, is possibly one of her most underrated books. While we have all heard of Pride and Prejudice, and maybe some of her other stories such as Sense and Sensibility or Emma, most of us probably aren’t familiar with Persuasion, despite it being one of the most heart-wrenchingly written romances Jane Austen ever put to paper.

Set in Regency-era England, Persuasion follows Anne Elliot, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat whose poor spending habits have landed the family deep in debt. In an attempt to get out of debt, the Elliot family is forced to rent out their estate to some wealthy tenants and move to their new home in Bath. However, the guy renting their estate isn’t just a random guy, but is actually Admiral Croft, who is married to the sister of Anne’s former suitor Captain Fredrick Wentworth, the man whom she was persuaded to break up with 8 years prior to the events of the book. Thus, Anne and Wentworth are forced to reconnect and confront their lingering feelings for each other through a series of misunderstandings.

With that description alone, it is understandable why Persuasion holds such a special place in the hearts of Jane Austen fans everywhere. Whereas most of Austen’s books center around young women falling in love for the first time, Persuasion focuses on an older heroine (Anne is 27) who has despaired of ever finding a husband and believes that Wentworth would never again want her after she rejected him. Thus, instead of the story necessarily focusing on finding a husband (though that’s a big part of it), it focuses more on forgiveness and the rekindling of the relationship between the two, and Anne’s rediscovery of hope and joy after being mired in despair for so long.

Besides that, Persuasion also feels different compared to some of Jane Austen’s other novels in the sense that Austen was in a similar situation to Anne. While her family wasn’t deep in debt and weren’t high-up aristocrats, Austen never married, despite having an attraction to a young man named Tom Lefroy (though the jury is out on whether this was a fling or if she actually liked him), being engaged to a guy named Harris Bigg-Wither (which she ended the morning after he proposed), and supposedly having a romance with a young clergyman in Bath who tragically died shortly after their infatuation began. Whether she actually loved any of these men is a topic of debate, but within Persuasion, it feels as though she wrote from personal experience. The pain that Anne feels at being single and losing her shot feels as though it came from Jane’s own sadness. Though heartbreak appears in several of Austen’s books (i.e. Sense and Sensibility), here, it feels deeper and more cutting, like Jane was writing about something closer to home.

Because of that, the end of the book feels so much more deserved. Yes, the heroines of other works like Sense and Sensibility who go through heartbreak also get endings that feel consistent with their journeys and are well-earned, but because Persuasion is largely about overcoming heartbreak and rediscovering love, the end is that much better. It’s more satisfying to know that Anne has become the person she used to be – hopeful, in love, and beautiful again – instead of despairing.

For the hopeless romantics, Persuasion is a book that expresses romantic longing better than many of Jane Austen’s other works.

Until next time,

M.J.

Review: Persuasion – One of Jane Austen’s Most Underrated Books. (Spoilers)

Last Christmas, one of the books I received was Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which, as the title says, is possibly one of her most underrated books. While we have all heard of Pride and Prejudice, and maybe some of her other stories such as Sense and Sensibility or Emma, most of us probably aren’t familiar with Persuasion, despite it being one of the most heart-wrenchingly written romances Jane Austen ever put to paper.

Set in Regency-era England, Persuasion follows Anne Elliot, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat whose poor spending habits have landed the family deep in debt. In an attempt to get out of debt, the Elliot family is forced to rent out their estate to some wealthy tenants and move to their new home in Bath. However, the guy renting their estate isn’t just a random guy, but is actually Admiral Croft, who is married to the sister of Anne’s former suitor Captain Fredrick Wentworth, the man whom she was persuaded to break up with 8 years prior to the events of the book. Thus, Anne and Wentworth are forced to reconnect and confront their lingering feelings for each other through a series of misunderstandings.

With that description alone, it is understandable why Persuasion holds such a special place in the hearts of Jane Austen fans everywhere. Whereas most of Austen’s books center around young women falling in love for the first time, Persuasion focuses on an older heroine (Anne is 27) who has despaired of ever finding a husband and believes that Wentworth would never again want her after she rejected him. Thus, instead of the story necessarily focusing on finding a husband (though that’s a big part of it), it focuses more on forgiveness and the rekindling of the relationship between the two, and Anne’s rediscovery of hope and joy after being mired in despair for so long.

Besides that, Persuasion also feels different compared to some of Jane Austen’s other novels in the sense that Austen was in a similar situation to Anne. While her family wasn’t deep in debt and weren’t high-up aristocrats, Austen never married, despite having an attraction to a young man named Tom Lefroy (though the jury is out on whether this was a fling or if she actually liked him), being engaged to a guy named Harris Bigg-Wither (which she ended the morning after he proposed), and supposedly having a romance with a young clergyman in Bath who tragically died shortly after their infatuation began. Whether she actually loved any of these men is a topic of debate, but within Persuasion, it feels as though she wrote from personal experience. The pain that Anne feels at being single and losing her shot feels as though it came from Jane’s own sadness. Though heartbreak appears in several of Austen’s books (i.e. Sense and Sensibility), here, it feels deeper and more cutting, like Jane was writing about something closer to home.

Because of that, the end of the book feels so much more deserved. Yes, the heroines of other works like Sense and Sensibility who go through heartbreak also get endings that feel consistent with their journeys and are well-earned, but because Persuasion is largely about overcoming heartbreak and rediscovering love, the end is that much better. It’s more satisfying to know that Anne has become the person she used to be – hopeful, in love, and beautiful again – instead of despairing.

For the hopeless romantics, Persuasion is a book that expresses romantic longing better than many of Jane Austen’s other works.

Until next time,

M.J.

Review: Persuasion – One of Jane Austen’s Most Underrated Books. (Spoilers)

Last Christmas, one of the books I received was Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which, as the title says, is possibly one of her most underrated books. While we have all heard of Pride and Prejudice, and maybe some of her other stories such as Sense and Sensibility or Emma, most of us probably aren’t familiar with Persuasion, despite it being one of the most heart-wrenchingly written romances Jane Austen ever put to paper.

Set in Regency-era England, Persuasion follows Anne Elliot, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat whose poor spending habits have landed the family deep in debt. In an attempt to get out of debt, the Elliot family is forced to rent out their estate to some wealthy tenants and move to their new home in Bath. However, the guy renting their estate isn’t just a random guy, but is actually Admiral Croft, who is married to the sister of Anne’s former suitor Captain Fredrick Wentworth, the man whom she was persuaded to break up with 8 years prior to the events of the book. Thus, Anne and Wentworth are forced to reconnect and confront their lingering feelings for each other through a series of misunderstandings.

With that description alone, it is understandable why Persuasion holds such a special place in the hearts of Jane Austen fans everywhere. Whereas most of Austen’s books center around young women falling in love for the first time, Persuasion focuses on an older heroine (Anne is 27) who has despaired of ever finding a husband and believes that Wentworth would never again want her after she rejected him. Thus, instead of the story necessarily focusing on finding a husband (though that’s a big part of it), it focuses more on forgiveness and the rekindling of the relationship between the two, and Anne’s rediscovery of hope and joy after being mired in despair for so long.

Besides that, Persuasion also feels different compared to some of Jane Austen’s other novels in the sense that Austen was in a similar situation to Anne. While her family wasn’t deep in debt and weren’t high-up aristocrats, Austen never married, despite having an attraction to a young man named Tom Lefroy (though the jury is out on whether this was a fling or if she actually liked him), being engaged to a guy named Harris Bigg-Wither (which she ended the morning after he proposed), and supposedly having a romance with a young clergyman in Bath who tragically died shortly after their infatuation began. Whether she actually loved any of these men is a topic of debate, but within Persuasion, it feels as though she wrote from personal experience. The pain that Anne feels at being single and losing her shot feels as though it came from Jane’s own sadness. Though heartbreak appears in several of Austen’s books (i.e. Sense and Sensibility), here, it feels deeper and more cutting, like Jane was writing about something closer to home.

Because of that, the end of the book feels so much more deserved. Yes, the heroines of other works like Sense and Sensibility who go through heartbreak also get endings that feel consistent with their journeys and are well-earned, but because Persuasion is largely about overcoming heartbreak and rediscovering love, the end is that much better. It’s more satisfying to know that Anne has become the person she used to be – hopeful, in love, and beautiful again – instead of despairing.

For the hopeless romantics, Persuasion is a book that expresses romantic longing better than many of Jane Austen’s other works.

Until next time,

M.J.

Review: Persuasion – One of Jane Austen’s Most Underrated Books. (Spoilers)

Last Christmas, one of the books I received was Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which, as the title says, is possibly one of her most underrated books. While we have all heard of Pride and Prejudice, and maybe some of her other stories such as Sense and Sensibility or Emma, most of us probably aren’t familiar with Persuasion, despite it being one of the most heart-wrenchingly written romances Jane Austen ever put to paper.

Set in Regency-era England, Persuasion follows Anne Elliot, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat whose poor spending habits have landed the family deep in debt. In an attempt to get out of debt, the Elliot family is forced to rent out their estate to some wealthy tenants and move to their new home in Bath. However, the guy renting their estate isn’t just a random guy, but is actually Admiral Croft, who is married to the sister of Anne’s former suitor Captain Fredrick Wentworth, the man whom she was persuaded to break up with 8 years prior to the events of the book. Thus, Anne and Wentworth are forced to reconnect and confront their lingering feelings for each other through a series of misunderstandings.

With that description alone, it is understandable why Persuasion holds such a special place in the hearts of Jane Austen fans everywhere. Whereas most of Austen’s books center around young women falling in love for the first time, Persuasion focuses on an older heroine (Anne is 27) who has despaired of ever finding a husband and believes that Wentworth would never again want her after she rejected him. Thus, instead of the story necessarily focusing on finding a husband (though that’s a big part of it), it focuses more on forgiveness and the rekindling of the relationship between the two, and Anne’s rediscovery of hope and joy after being mired in despair for so long.

Besides that, Persuasion also feels different compared to some of Jane Austen’s other novels in the sense that Austen was in a similar situation to Anne. While her family wasn’t deep in debt and weren’t high-up aristocrats, Austen never married, despite having an attraction to a young man named Tom Lefroy (though the jury is out on whether this was a fling or if she actually liked him), being engaged to a guy named Harris Bigg-Wither (which she ended the morning after he proposed), and supposedly having a romance with a young clergyman in Bath who tragically died shortly after their infatuation began. Whether she actually loved any of these men is a topic of debate, but within Persuasion, it feels as though she wrote from personal experience. The pain that Anne feels at being single and losing her shot feels as though it came from Jane’s own sadness. Though heartbreak appears in several of Austen’s books (i.e. Sense and Sensibility), here, it feels deeper and more cutting, like Jane was writing about something closer to home.

Because of that, the end of the book feels so much more deserved. Yes, the heroines of other works like Sense and Sensibility who go through heartbreak also get endings that feel consistent with their journeys and are well-earned, but because Persuasion is largely about overcoming heartbreak and rediscovering love, the end is that much better. It’s more satisfying to know that Anne has become the person she used to be – hopeful, in love, and beautiful again – instead of despairing.

For the hopeless romantics, Persuasion is a book that expresses romantic longing better than many of Jane Austen’s other works.

Until next time,

M.J.

Review: Persuasion – One of Jane Austen’s Most Underrated Books. (Spoilers)

Last Christmas, one of the books I received was Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which, as the title says, is possibly one of her most underrated books. While we have all heard of Pride and Prejudice, and maybe some of her other stories such as Sense and Sensibility or Emma, most of us probably aren’t familiar with Persuasion, despite it being one of the most heart-wrenchingly written romances Jane Austen ever put to paper.

Set in Regency-era England, Persuasion follows Anne Elliot, the daughter of a wealthy aristocrat whose poor spending habits have landed the family deep in debt. In an attempt to get out of debt, the Elliot family is forced to rent out their estate to some wealthy tenants and move to their new home in Bath. However, the guy renting their estate isn’t just a random guy, but is actually Admiral Croft, who is married to the sister of Anne’s former suitor Captain Fredrick Wentworth, the man whom she was persuaded to break up with 8 years prior to the events of the book. Thus, Anne and Wentworth are forced to reconnect and confront their lingering feelings for each other through a series of misunderstandings.

With that description alone, it is understandable why Persuasion holds such a special place in the hearts of Jane Austen fans everywhere. Whereas most of Austen’s books center around young women falling in love for the first time, Persuasion focuses on an older heroine (Anne is 27) who has despaired of ever finding a husband and believes that Wentworth would never again want her after she rejected him. Thus, instead of the story necessarily focusing on finding a husband (though that’s a big part of it), it focuses more on forgiveness and the rekindling of the relationship between the two, and Anne’s rediscovery of hope and joy after being mired in despair for so long.

Besides that, Persuasion also feels different compared to some of Jane Austen’s other novels in the sense that Austen was in a similar situation to Anne. While her family wasn’t deep in debt and weren’t high-up aristocrats, Austen never married, despite having an attraction to a young man named Tom Lefroy (though the jury is out on whether this was a fling or if she actually liked him), being engaged to a guy named Harris Bigg-Wither (which she ended the morning after he proposed), and supposedly having a romance with a young clergyman in Bath who tragically died shortly after their infatuation began. Whether she actually loved any of these men is a topic of debate, but within Persuasion, it feels as though she wrote from personal experience. The pain that Anne feels at being single and losing her shot feels as though it came from Jane’s own sadness. Though heartbreak appears in several of Austen’s books (i.e. Sense and Sensibility), here, it feels deeper and more cutting, like Jane was writing about something closer to home.

Because of that, the end of the book feels so much more deserved. Yes, the heroines of other works like Sense and Sensibility who go through heartbreak also get endings that feel consistent with their journeys and are well-earned, but because Persuasion is largely about overcoming heartbreak and rediscovering love, the end is that much better. It’s more satisfying to know that Anne has become the person she used to be – hopeful, in love, and beautiful again – instead of despairing.

For the hopeless romantics, Persuasion is a book that expresses romantic longing better than many of Jane Austen’s other works.

Until next time,

M.J.

AI Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/27/ai-systems-out-persuade-expert-humans-including-professional-canvassers-and-world-championship-debaters/

AI Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/27/ai-systems-out-persuade-expert-humans-including-professional-canvassers-and-world-championship-debaters/

AI Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/27/ai-systems-out-persuade-expert-humans-including-professional-canvassers-and-world-championship-debaters/

AI Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/27/ai-systems-out-persuade-expert-humans-including-professional-canvassers-and-world-championship-debaters/

AI Systems Out-Persuade Expert Humans, Including Professional Canvassers And World Championship Debaters

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/27/ai-systems-out-persuade-expert-humans-including-professional-canvassers-and-world-championship-debaters/

PsyPost: Are AI chatbots a threat to democracy? New study explores their persuasive power. “Two survey experiments comparing the cost-effectiveness of using LLM chatbots to persuade voters estimated that LLM-based persuasion costs $48 to $75 per voter, versus $100 for traditional methods, while being equally persuasive. However, they also found that traditional methods currently scale more […]

PsyPost: Are AI chatbots a threat to democracy? New study explores their persuasive power. “Two survey experiments comparing the cost-effectiveness of using LLM chatbots to persuade voters estimated that LLM-based persuasion costs $48 to $75 per voter, versus $100 for traditional methods, while being equally persuasive. However, they also found that traditional methods currently scale more […]

PsyPost: Are AI chatbots a threat to democracy? New study explores their persuasive power. “Two survey experiments comparing the cost-effectiveness of using LLM chatbots to persuade voters estimated that LLM-based persuasion costs $48 to $75 per voter, versus $100 for traditional methods, while being equally persuasive. However, they also found that traditional methods currently scale more […]

PsyPost: Are AI chatbots a threat to democracy? New study explores their persuasive power. “Two survey experiments comparing the cost-effectiveness of using LLM chatbots to persuade voters estimated that LLM-based persuasion costs $48 to $75 per voter, versus $100 for traditional methods, while being equally persuasive. However, they also found that traditional methods currently scale more […]

PsyPost: Are AI chatbots a threat to democracy? New study explores their persuasive power. “Two survey experiments comparing the cost-effectiveness of using LLM chatbots to persuade voters estimated that LLM-based persuasion costs $48 to $75 per voter, versus $100 for traditional methods, while being equally persuasive. However, they also found that traditional methods currently scale more […]

‘Never disagree with anyone’: Behavioral scientist shares conflict-free trick to changing minds

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/never-disagree-with-anyone-behavioral-scientist-shares-conflict-free-trick-to-changing-minds-ex1/

‘Never disagree with anyone’: Behavioral scientist shares conflict-free trick to changing minds

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/never-disagree-with-anyone-behavioral-scientist-shares-conflict-free-trick-to-changing-minds-ex1/

‘Never disagree with anyone’: Behavioral scientist shares conflict-free trick to changing minds

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/never-disagree-with-anyone-behavioral-scientist-shares-conflict-free-trick-to-changing-minds-ex1/

‘Never disagree with anyone’: Behavioral scientist shares conflict-free trick to changing minds

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/never-disagree-with-anyone-behavioral-scientist-shares-conflict-free-trick-to-changing-minds-ex1/

Enthymemes: The Argument You Finish Yourself

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/07/06/enthymemes-the-argument-you-finish-yourself/

Enthymemes: The Argument You Finish Yourself

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/07/06/enthymemes-the-argument-you-finish-yourself/

Enthymemes: The Argument You Finish Yourself

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/07/06/enthymemes-the-argument-you-finish-yourself/

Enthymemes: The Argument You Finish Yourself

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/07/06/enthymemes-the-argument-you-finish-yourself/

Enthymemes: The Argument You Finish Yourself

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/07/06/enthymemes-the-argument-you-finish-yourself/

Arguments can be made more persuasive if they are rephrased and intensified. Intensifying adverbs is most effective, followed by intensifying verbs, followed by repetition.

https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/10250

#Argument #Persuasion #Communication

Arguments can be made more persuasive if they are rephrased and intensified. Intensifying adverbs is most effective, followed by intensifying verbs, followed by repetition.

https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/10250

#Argument #Persuasion #Communication