Hi Billy, On Sep 19, 2013, at 3:01 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Some who are sympathetic to the site’s cause wonder if its popular approach > might backfire. “What they may discover is that in an attempt to answer the > arguments, they’re going to create more skeptics than they will answer,” said > Wolpe. I'm reminded of one of the most powerful lessons from recent study of cognitive biases: a) If you force people to defend their views, their biases becomes stronger b) If you ask people to explain their views, their biases become weaker If you really want to change a community's viewpoint, don't assert your own views. Rather, create a safe place where people are encouraged to articulate their own… -- Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
