Kuhan Jeyapragasan on effective altruism university groups
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Are There Ways to Present Arguments in a More Compelling Way?
Some of the best people get put off by a style of advocating that is about persuasion, rather than just like, exploring ideas. How true or logical an argument is is only part of what leads us to actually update our beliefs and change our behaviour accordingly. For example, i think it's a lot easier to believe an argument on, say, an emotional level, even if you maybe agree with it on an intellectual level,. When it's not super costly to act in accordance with the logical implications of the argument.
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