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The odds of winning an argument require more than just logic and rationality, as there are a lot of other factors involved.
By understanding and changing the 'frames' a person uses and center them around a shared belief, we can help our cause.
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Frames, with respect to a discussion or argument, are different categories to 'slot' an idea or topic, just like a car can be evaluated by its color, price, or model number.
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During the course of an argument, to increase compliance towards your belief, you can change the framing of the existing belief of the listener.
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Instead of challenging someone's existing belief, which always leads to resistance, it is much better to connect your own position to their beliefs.
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Showing empathy will lower the temperature of the debate and allow both of you to come to a resolution.
If you appear to be giving the other side’s position a thoughtful review, then the solution you propose will seem to be far more sensible. Furthermore, your opponent may come to your side without you having to do anything other than listening.
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When people disagree with us we assume they are ignorant … that they lack information. So we try to convince them with information. It seldom works.
When knowledge is put to the test, our familiarity with things leads to an (unwarranted) overconfidence about how they work.
Most of the time others won’t test their knowledge either. This is the beginning of how we start to show others or even ourselves that our view of the world might need updating.
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”