Are We Moving People in a Certain Direction?

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M: We did this experiment wat two thousand, 500 americans that we recruited. And what we found is that indeed those, the willingness to engage is very high. More than two thirds is willing to listen to to some one else's view. The treatment itself doesn't affect te willingness to engage, but it does affect how far you are from five on a scale of zero to ten.

New research suggests people on opposite sides of wedge issues want to listen to each other. We are each eager to hear differing opinions and understand opposing views, and when we do it can change our minds (at least a little), but only when we aren't triggered by the psychological phenomenon of reactance - one of several ideas we explore in this episode.