After listening to this podcast from this American Life . I have concluded one of the best cases of changing someone’s mind is with a very personal and emotional conversation and helping lead the person talking into finding out for themselves that the topic at hand, given is in fact something that lines up to their morals. Preventing the “backfire effect” in where straight up facts about the subject would, for lack of a better word backfire and leading them to changing their mind themselves instead of forcing them. I’ve heard many claims the best way to win an argument is to be more emotional and appeal to the human side of the other, this does help me understand it more. But it also shines light the downside against it, it specifically how manipulative it is and the fact that people on the other side of the argument can use this method as equal, personally though I can’t imagine what it would sound like I can imagine it happening. There should also be the fact it won’t work on people who have an even more fundamentally different outlook on life accounted for. Like someone who’s fundamental beliefs are against aspects like abortions and gay marriage. This shows it’s one effective way to change people’s minds but has its clear downsides, and shouldn’t be the only way to convince an argument.
