Are you sure about that? Have any opinions changed? I could cite a number of studies that have looked at this area, specifically motivated reasoning (look it up), but it would not change much if anything.
But in essence you are just affirming your beliefs, not convincing anyone. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > We're arguing for: > a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose > opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from > one's own; freedom from bigotry. > > Nothing more > > . > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Very true. look at these debates. Are we arguing in the hopes of >> converting the other side, or are we arguing simply to affirm our own >> beliefs. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
