095 - The Backfire Effect - Part Three

If dumping evidence into people’s laps often just…

An episode of the You Are Not So Smart podcast, hosted by You Are Not So Smart, titled "095 - The Backfire Effect - Part Three" was published on February 11, 2017 and runs 63 minutes.

February 11, 2017 ·63m · You Are Not So Smart

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If dumping evidence into people’s laps often just…

Episode Description

If dumping evidence into people’s laps often just makes their beliefs stronger, would we just be better off trying some other tactic, or does the truth ever win?

Do people ever come around, or are we causing more harm than good by leaning on facts instead of some other technique?

In this episode we learn from two scientists how to combat the backfire effect. One used an ingenious research method to identify the breaking point at which people stop resisting and begin accepting the fact that they might be wrong. The other literally wrote the instruction manual for avoiding the backfire effect and debunking myths using the latest psychological research into effective persuasive techniques.

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