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140. The science to changing people's minds | David McRaney

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Are You a Social Primate?

The closer it gets to identity, the more you start to freak out. I've definitely had that when i've debated with people and i've found myself sort of looking in the back of my head for a reason why i'm right. And then i think, hang on, but why am i looking so hard to prove that this person's wrong, rather than just listening to what they are saying? But physically is painful sometimes to be shown that i'm wrong? Ye, it can be. Tak, it's very easy to change your mind about some stuff. But for other things, it's like, and it's not irrational to be selectively sceptical, especially when your reputation is

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