RE: Why are the simple folk so wrong WAS Republican Reversal

2002-07-18 Thread Michael Etchison
Alex Tabarrok: Yes, this is precisely my point. It is not a pleasant experience to genuinely consider the possibility that the reason one is not persuasive is that one is mistaken. I try to limit my doing so to only two or three times a year, or I'd never get anything done. g Michael Michael

Why are the simple folk so wrong WAS Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Michael Etchison
Alex Tabarrok: The evidence is even stronger in other fields that information per-se often does not change people's minds. . . . If information doesn't change people's minds - what does? You do notice, I trust, that just as there are those, including some who appear to be well-educated and

Re: Why are the simple folk so wrong WAS Republican Reversal

2002-07-17 Thread Alex Tabarrok
Yes, this is precisely my point. Alex Michael Etchison wrote: Alex Tabarrok: The evidence is even stronger in other fields that information per-se often does not change people's minds. . . . If information doesn't change people's minds - what does? You do notice, I trust, that just as