sleeper;1622494 wrote:Do you believe it is possible to remove/change deeply held beliefs from an individual? If so, what strategies do you find effective in doing so? If not, why do you believe so?

Most of you have seen/read my strategy on how to change the beliefs of an individual and I'm not sure my strategy is very effective. I'm looking for new ideas to improve my ability to persuade people into my line of thinking.

Thoughts? : thumbup:

like_that;1622496 wrote:Unfortunately no. Some people just drink far too much kool aid to the point that you can destroy their views with facts, but they will still be stubborn to their view.

queencitybuckeye;1622497 wrote:If some of your views weren't ridiculous, that could help.

sleeper;1622503 wrote:I would argue that is part of my current strategy. When presented with a logically flawed opposing position, merely taken the middle ground position to sway the masses allows too much overlapping of facts, logic and evidence. Taken the extreme contrary position is much more viable because at the end of the argument the person has no choice but to at least move from their current 'extreme' position to at least some step towards your position. That is progress, which is at least something, especially given how entrenched most people are in their beliefs.

Con_Alma;1622516 wrote:Yes I believe it is possible.

I don't employ any strategies because I don't attempt to change someone's beliefs.

queencitybuckeye;1622519 wrote:Of course they have a choice. They can see that your argument is at least as flawed as theirs, therefore, there's no reason to change. And in that case, they're right.

SportsAndLady;1622523 wrote:Con Alma'd

sleeper;1622501 wrote:Do you think ignorance is the primary driver of this? I don't understand why people are so stubborn in their views; it logically does not make any sense to maintain a broken line of thinking just because you were initially anchored into that belief.

lhslep134;1622531 wrote:Not ignorance, lack of logic/reason. Or inability to separate emotion from logic/reason.

sleeper;1622526 wrote:By taking a position counter to mine, your baseline logic is flawed by definition.

Heretic;1622532 wrote:This.

The best solution is forced euthanasia. I mean, words and stuff is always good for shits and giggles, but if you truly want to solve people, you finish them.

lhslep134;1622531 wrote:Not ignorance, lack of logic/reason. Or inability to separate emotion from logic/reason.

sleeper;1622537 wrote:Emotions have a way of disrupting even the most intelligent humans on the planet...

queencitybuckeye;1622534 wrote:Your topics are often interesting and thought-provoking, then you go into troll mode with statements like this. Why?

sleeper;1622537 wrote:This is probably the bigger offender. Emotions have a way of disrupting even the most intelligent humans on the planet, particularly the emotion of fear.

Con_Alma;1622545 wrote:I would also include love with a similar strength of impact from an emotional perspective.

Heretic;1622532 wrote:This.

The best solution is forced euthanasia. I mean, words and stuff is always good for shits and giggles, but if you truly want to solve people, you finish them.