Ian, All-out ad hominem nuclear strike? Geee, I only get accused "rabidly attack". I must try harder. ;-) Marsha
On Aug 7, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Ian Glendinning wrote: > The backfire effect. > http://www.psybertron.org/?p=3864 > > QUOTE > Most online battles follow a similar pattern, each side launching > attacks and pulling evidence from deep inside the web to back up their > positions until, out of frustration, one party resorts to an all-out > ad hominem nuclear strike. If you are lucky, the comment thread will > get derailed in time for you to keep your dignity, or a neighboring > commenter will help initiate a text-based dogpile on your opponent. > > What should be evident from the studies on the backfire effect is you > can never win an argument online. When you start to pull out facts and > figures, hyperlinks and quotes, you are actually making the opponent > feel as though they are even more sure of their position than before > you started the debate. > UNQUOTE > > Interesting reading, the original article. > Ian > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
