persuasion

Reason is a B@st@rd, and Emotions Are the Parent: Why We Think with Our Feelings and Justify with Logic

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Ever had a debate with someone where it felt like they were just refusing to see the obvious truth? You laid out the facts, the logic was solid, and yet—nothing. They still clung to their ridiculous, batsh#*t opinion.  Well, congrats, you just ran into Hume’s little philosophical landmine: Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of … Read more

When Facts Don’t Matter: Why Some People Can’t Be Convinced (and What to Do About It)

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You’ve been there. You’ve had the argument. You’ve dropped the logic bombs, cited your sources, even dumbed it down to f^%king kindergarten-level explanations—and yet, the person in front of you is still clinging to their wrong-a$$ opinion like a koala to a eucalyptus tree.  Maybe it’s your uncle at Thanksgiving ranting about how the moon … Read more