[video=youtube;TEWLY3mdk8E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWLY3mdk8E[/video]
Some takeaways:
1. Showing facts that disprove a person's beliefs just makes them even more sure of their beliefs (this has been demonstrated repeatedly in cognition studies).
2. We often have an illusion of deep understanding of our own beliefs, encouraging others and ourselves to explain what they/we believe in detail can expose how baseless ours or another's opinion actually is, which over time may gradually force either party (and likely, both) to turn down the intensity of their beliefs.
3. Research shows that focusing on a common motive, even one not directly related to the issue being discussed, is more effective than attempting to disprove a person's heartfelt opinions, e.g. bringing up the common goal of protecting children from deadly diseases without even mentioning vaccines and autism was more effective at convincing proponents of anti-vaccination to vaccinate their children than attempting to disprove their belief system.
4. Ingroup-Outgroup bias is one of the most significant factors in determining whether someone will be innately skeptical or dismissive of another person's viewpoint. What conveys the perception of an 'outsider' can cover topics like religion, race, gender or ethnicity but can also cover different kinds of ideas- i.e. people who don't share ideas or political views can be part of eachothers' outgroup. Finding a cultural group that both you and the other person are a part of and emphasizing that as a starting point can create a point of common ground to work from.
[url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/upshot/were-all-a-little-biased-even-if-we-dont-know-it.html?_r=0]More reading on implicit bias[/url]
[url=http://intelligence.org/files/CognitiveBiases.pdf]A long but easy to read paper on the subject[/url]
I think another thing that was missed was focusing on why people believe certain things. Everyone has a bias whether or not they think they do (this video has a bias and is evident when he brings up vaccines) which affects how they view the world.
If you understand that, you can understand their viewpoint and figure out a common ground between yourself and them. Not to mention enlighten yourself on issues that you might not have noticed or thought of.
EDIT:
Finding a common ground doesn't always work if the root issue isn't solved for them. Like I don't think you'll find a single person who doesn't think taking care of the environment is a bad thing, the issue is convincing them that it's a big enough issue that we should shut down industries and stop driving cars to stop it. And that's the kind of thing that relies on facts to really prove your point.
I've had my opinion changed quite a lot over the years, and I'm a pretty opinionated guy.
In fact I did a total 180 on my view of the legality of prostitution because of an argument I had on this forum.
Though, I guess technically I might view you guys as my in group... but if you have to rationalize everything, where does it end?
man i wish i could use this method to change people's opinion on feces being gross
[QUOTE=Mr.Brown;52918628]man i wish i could use this method to change people's opinion on feces being gross[/QUOTE]
Man what kind of circles do you hang out in?
[QUOTE=Tetsmega;52918858]Man what kind of circles do you hang out in?[/QUOTE]
furries
[QUOTE=Mr.Brown;52918628]man i wish i could use this method to change people's opinion on feces being gross[/QUOTE]
Wait do the people not think feces is gross or do you want to convince them that feces is not gross?
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