ChristianKl comments on The Rubber Hand Illusion and Preaching to the Unconverted - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 31 December 2014 07:59:13PM 1 point [-]

The problem is that it doesn't explain the ubiquitous occurrence of people being convinced of pretty much any topic you could imagine (requiring more specialized theories).

It's quite easy to say in the abstract that people can be persuaded. It's quite different to see what effort it takes to convince another person in real life.

I think we all have conversation where we try to convince someone and fail.