the backfire effect is a pretty serious bummer: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Backfire_effect … what are the best ways to counteract it?pic.twitter.com/fmqdmARW0F
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thinking about this more - you have to signal "I'm a good person" or "I'm one of us" to have influence
and in order to do that you have to "choose a side" and hit maximum half the population
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so weirdos like us can't hope to avoid backfire effect with most people, can only hope to influence a tiny %
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iirc backfire doesn't happen for non-invested positions. If you can reframe issue as unfamiliar, could help
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