>For example: I expect that if I had framed this post as "you should want to save the world, and here's how" rather than "if you want to save the world, then here's how", a bunch of people who are currently on board with this post would have instead felt aggressed and reacted by finding excuses to reject this post's contents.
I argue/observe that the people who would have felt that way if you had said that would have actually been aggressed against (as opposed to just feeling that way), and therefore would not have needed to find any excuses, since they would have had a valid reason to reject (at least parts... (read more)
>For example: I expect that if I had framed this post as "you should want to save the world, and here's how" rather than "if you want to save the world, then here's how", a bunch of people who are currently on board with this post would have instead felt aggressed and reacted by finding excuses to reject this post's contents.
I argue/observe that the people who would have felt that way if you had said that would have actually been aggressed against (as opposed to just feeling that way), and therefore would not have needed to find any excuses, since they would have had a valid reason to reject (at least parts... (read more)