343. Timothy Redmond — Political Tribalism in America: How Hyper-Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How to Fix It
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Importance of Listening to the Other Side
We evolved reason not to understand the true nature of reality but to win arguments for our side right and we're pretty good at that yeah. We just need to shift the context to less win lose zero sum games in politics, he says. The important thing too is you're having a conversation with the other personright so you're going to argue your side vociferously they's going to argue their side vociferous and then the idea is you will yield to whoever has the better argument. It goes back to that question do you think you're right about everything and if you're not then you need to maybe listen to what the other side is saying and assess your own Argument.
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