Tag: argument
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Do facts work?
After the election, I had to look up something I remembered from a while ago: when people are confronted with facts challenging their beliefs, instead of being convinced by the new evidence, they become more strident in their original beliefs. I didn’t misremember. It was easy to find many articles summarizing the 2010 Nyhan/Reifler study.…
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Prejudice
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument. Unknown
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Arguments
You don’t have to attend every argument you’re invited to. Unknown