Your brother defends taxation as the price of civilization. Your mother trusts the news. Your best friend votes enthusiastically. You've tried everything: arguments, articles, videos. Nothing works, and worse, you're damaging relationships and making them more defensive.

This post explores why direct confrontation fails and what actually helps people question their own programming. Hint: it's not better arguments.

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Timely. Gonna read now!

Great article that demonstrates the power of the trivium and the Socratic method in overcoming cognitive biases.

Definitely worth your time to read.

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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Great article by npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt Perhaps many toxic Bitcoiners can learn a thing or two about being a bit less toxic with their #family and #friends. At least I learned a lot.

This is my old tactic:

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Questions are a tried and true method. Remarkably more effective than arguments

2,981 words to say:

the problem is you, reader

and your supremacy

psychic defenses are natural when someone approaches like a dickhead who imagines they know better

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Reminds me of the Fireplace Delusion essay - it’s an attempt to show how hard it is to accept the truth of a situation.

https://www.samharris.org/blog/the-fireplace-delusion