204 - On Being Certain - Robert Burton
You Are Not So Smart
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The Importance of Language in Persuasion
You rarely change another person's point of view simply by giving them better evidence. Most mind changing occurs as a result of epiphanies. It's true on virtually every major social issue, it's true in your interpersonal relationship. So although I spent the last almost two decades writing expository stuff trying to explain things and I did the best I could, I feel that it's primarily fallen on deaf ears.
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