#streetepistemology — Public Fediverse posts
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Awesome conversation With @davidmcraney (of "You Are Not So Smart" and "How Minds Change" fame) about persuasion, #DeepCanvassing, #StreetEpistemology and the things that need to be in place for people change their minds.
Very useful, and I love that he's still sharing his findings, and even finding additional relevant studies to share.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFVOLdwsKb0
(1h20m, medium demands to focus & attention, audio only, podcast available)
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Fantastic lecture about perception, emotions, biases and Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds.
55 minutes well spent.
The most useful realization this lecture offered me?
When someone is "locked into" a belief, they may have left everything else behind to get there. What they may need to get out is not only compassion, but also a stretched-out hand, showing there actually *are* ways out.
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Is it ethical to try convince someone to change their mind about a contentious issue?
I think the last few episodes of David McRaney's "You Are Not So Smart" podcast offers a good case for the answer "Yes!"
I love these discussions! Always thought-provoking, and with useful perspectives.
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Is there a science around changing minds?
Yes, and here's a really good conversation around debating, conversations, how to convince people, what works and why.
In this conversation with David McRaney on Intelligence², we get a really nice introduction and overview of the ideas behind some of these methods.
Warmly #recommended 50 minute listen.
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Just doing some #StreetEpistemology with #Atropos and #podcast fellows. Slowly preparing myself to try to do it out of my bubble.
Our topics were whether there are #ghosts and whether life has any meaning.
While we had surprisingly different answers to the first question, we agreed on the second.