I don't see any substantial evidence from the videos (at least the ones I bothered to watch) that he was changing anyone's mind. Once I had a discussion with a group of Mormons. I reduced them to saying repeatedly, "well, I don't know what to say about that." At the end I basically lectured them for 10 minutes about how bad it is to believe a false religion, and they were silent. But I have no reason to believe that any of them changed their minds to even the slightest degree. I would guess that these videos are the same thing.
Comment author:Bound_up
29 September 2016 07:07:25PM
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Hard to say. I bet no one would be willing to say anything in front of the others.
There are examples of people changing their minds on the spot in Anthony Magnabosco's videos. There are other examples of people changing their minds after multiple encounters.
And I find this method useful for everyday discussions. If someone has good reasons for believing something, SE is a great way of cutting right to the core of it. If they have bad reasons, the same, plus it's a great way to help people discover the flaws in their methodology without making them defensive.
People are sooo much more rational when they're not defensive. I've been surprised to find out that people are more willing to change their minds than I thought.
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I don't see any substantial evidence from the videos (at least the ones I bothered to watch) that he was changing anyone's mind. Once I had a discussion with a group of Mormons. I reduced them to saying repeatedly, "well, I don't know what to say about that." At the end I basically lectured them for 10 minutes about how bad it is to believe a false religion, and they were silent. But I have no reason to believe that any of them changed their minds to even the slightest degree. I would guess that these videos are the same thing.
Hard to say. I bet no one would be willing to say anything in front of the others.
There are examples of people changing their minds on the spot in Anthony Magnabosco's videos. There are other examples of people changing their minds after multiple encounters.
And I find this method useful for everyday discussions. If someone has good reasons for believing something, SE is a great way of cutting right to the core of it. If they have bad reasons, the same, plus it's a great way to help people discover the flaws in their methodology without making them defensive.
People are sooo much more rational when they're not defensive. I've been surprised to find out that people are more willing to change their minds than I thought.