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Steve Sloman and Phil Fernbach: How Do You Know That?

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

CHAPTER

How to Stop a Compulsive Talker

The Socratic method. Ask them to try to explain. And it will be self evident. How do you stop a compulsive talker? You leave the room. Can you have your actually done that? Phil, you want to go first? I usually start talking about music because that's all I ever want to talk about. Steve: Yeah, I just say, let them talk long enough and and point out their own contradictions. What's the strangest question anyone has ever asked you, Phil? Oh, I'll tell you about theQuestion is what's the strangeest question anybody's ever asked you? We can move on from there.

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