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The #1 Mistake To Avoid When Trying To Convince Someone To Do Something. Manipulation or coercive tactics are a no-go in Dr. Nobile's book. "Such tactics destroy trust in relationships, foster ...
The first condition is logical as people compare new information with what they already know to be true and consider the credibility of both sources. However, researchers discovered that familiarity can overpower rationality—so much so that repetitively hearing that a certain fact is wrong can paradoxically cause it to feel right.
“Getting someone to vote isn’t about proving whether you’re right or wrong. It's about trying to bring someone to your point of view, and to do that, you have to find some commonality with ...
Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place.
The "whole truth" is defined as learning "something about everything", "everything about something", or "everything about everything". In reality, a historian "can only hope to know something about something". [36] Homunculus fallacy – using a "middle-man" for explanation; this sometimes leads to regressive middle-men.
"Sometimes, we get to allow people to be wrong about us, to believe their own truth, and in doing so, rather than trying to convince someone of our perspective, value or truth, we maintain our own ...
He exaggerates his own childishness in order to convince his older cousins to sit at the grown-up table. One of the most famous examples of reverse psychology in popular culture is a gag in the Looney Tunes cartoon Rabbit Fire. While Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are arguing over whether it's Duck Season or Rabbit Season, Bugs suddenly switches ...
His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if ...