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How Minds Change

The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

Book • 2019

In 'How Minds Change,' David McRaney delves into the latest research from psychologists and neuroscientists to explain why people believe what they do and how those beliefs can change.

The book examines various methods such as deep canvassing and social epistemology, and features stories of individuals who have dramatically changed their minds, including a former 9/11 conspiracy theorist and a member of the Westboro Baptist Church.

McRaney emphasizes the importance of empathetic conversations over debates and provides practical advice on how to influence others by focusing on their personal experiences rather than presenting facts alone.

Mentioned by

Spencer Greenberg

Mentioned in 34 episodes

Mentioned by

Apollo Robbins

as a book exploring how to change someone's mind.

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Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his own book.

302 - A More Beautiful Question - Warren Berger

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his own book exploring how minds change.

301 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part Two

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as a book that explores the psychology of persuasion, motivated reasoning, and introspection.

Deep canvassing, street epistemology, and other tools of persuasion (with David McRaney)

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as one of his books, exploring how people change their minds.

300 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part One

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as a book where he discusses dual inheritance theory.

298 - Tribal - Michael Morris

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his own book.

307 - Concordance Over Truth Bias

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his own book, available wherever books are sold.

313 - The 3.5 Percent Rule - Erica Chenoweth

Mentioned by

Russ Roberts

as the topic of today's conversation.

David McRaney on How Minds Change

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his book exploring how minds change.

296 - Job Therapy - Tessa West

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his own book with details on his website.

315 - May Contain Lies - Alex Edmans

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his own book on how minds change.

308 - Magical Thinking - Matt Tompkins

Mentioned by

Spencer Greenberg

as the author of "How Minds Change", a book about how minds change in a non-adversarial way.

Bringing conspiracy theorists back from the brink (with Jesse Richardson)

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his own book, featuring a roundtable video with persuasion experts.

310 - Align Your Mind - Britt Frank

Mentioned by

David McRaney

, it talks about how minds change.

317 - Don't Talk About Politics - Sarah Stein Lubrano

Mentioned by

Willa Paskin

as containing a chapter about the viral dress phenomenon.

303 - The Dress - Decoder Ring

Mentioned by

Tim Harford

as the author of "How Minds Change", a book exploring belief, opinion, and persuasion.

Cautionary Conversation: The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as a book he wrote, discussing methods to change minds.

299 - Debunkbot

Mentioned by

Charles Duhigg

as a companion piece to "Supercommunicators"

305 - Supercommunicators - Charles Duhigg (rebroadcast)

Mentioned by

David McRaney

as his book, available wherever books are sold.

314 - Fluke - Brian Klaas (rebroadcast)

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