11-10-2011, 08:37 PM
As has been seen, and said, many times before... arguments, even when suppported by new, objective, evidence are unlikely to alter minds clouded / closed by emotionally-attached points of view.
To quote:
"We know (social science principles) that arguing points is far more likely to elicit refutation and counter-argument, and to entrench opposing points of view, than it is to convince anyone they were wrong to start with."
(me! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />... one of my early posts here)
Ian
To quote:
"We know (social science principles) that arguing points is far more likely to elicit refutation and counter-argument, and to entrench opposing points of view, than it is to convince anyone they were wrong to start with."
(me! <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />... one of my early posts here)
Ian