Most recent studies of deep canvassing (redone to fix the fabricated data) indicate that a strong, empathetic listener with leading questions has only about a 10% success rate.
Note this is NOT shooting out facts, not necessarily a close individual who you've built repoire with, and in fact almost zero talking. AND it persists for at least 3 months!
It's small, but it's also viable and completely different than what most people I know think of when we go out to "change someone's mind."
Re:Twitter's Fucked
by TheOneTrueKyle on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @01:01PM
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Most likely at that point, they are making the opinion for themselves and you probably have very little in the decision making
Re:Twitter's Fucked
by ivraatiems on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @01:03PM
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Yes, that's exactly what is happening. You can't reach into somebody's brain and make them change, but you can plant little idea-seeds that grow into change.
Recent studies [Nolan 2010] have shown this method to be tricky and dangerous, but effective.
[Nolan 2010]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception
P.S. Sorry... couldn't resist ;)
Re:Twitter's Fucked
by dabockster on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @01:30PM
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>"The President is wrong and should be voted out of office" can turn into "The President is wrong and ought to be shot" in an echo chamber environment much faster if there's nobody around to say "wait, hold up, maybe don't."
Are you implying that social media created Donald Trump?
An echo chamber is bad because it not only repeatedly re-broadcasts beliefs, it also amplifies them. "The President is wrong and should be voted out of office" can turn into "The President is wrong and ought to be shot" in an echo chamber environment much faster if there's nobody around to say "wait, hold up, maybe don't."