It certainly might be!

Now you're catching on

this shit sounds gay

^thats cognitive dissonance

classic tell

if you encounter a study that violates your worldview you should assess it

It normally is triggered when you encounter a worldview that violates your own

and see if it uses proper methodology

and is repeatable

(if applicable)

And how do you know the information you're getting is accurate?

by what I just said

are you this retared

*retarded

we have methodology

repeatable studies

Unless you are an expert in the field....you can't use a study for anything because you don't have the context to be able to know whats going on

This isn't about the scientific method

are you just trying to make a post structuralism argument

This about things that matter to your day to day

like "Who are you voting for for president" and "where am I going to live at"

All of that is decided irrationally

Every time

not necessarily

Humans aren't rational beings. Our minds didn't evolve to see truth, they evolved to keep us alive

This is why you can have a Muslim who believes Muhammed went to heaven going to the grocery store with an atheist who doesn't believe any of that

rational can mean doing things that we feel are in our best interest

Who's right?

so ill vote obama because he will make me feel good

Things that you *feel*

thats rational

And that's where the irrationally kicks in

Nope

It never is

You only think it is because of things like confirmatiuon bias and cognitive dissonance

Oh wait i misread

But yeah

go back to your human studies class kid.

We're agreeing essentially

Shane how old are you

shane watches ben shapiro rekt videos

thats where he gets his political commentary

Shane is what's known as the "Lone Penguin" in my field

Theyre the people who don't have anything of value to add to the conversation

what major are you

I've been out of college for a while

what do you mean by your field

But the lone penguin is someone who comes in like "LOL btw dont listen to this guy he doesn't know what hes talking about"

And then they leave

The Lone Penguin

Persuasion

human beings arent entirely irrational

I use persuasion on a professional level. There's like 4 different levels

Amateur, Professional, Commerical, and Master PErsuader

feelings are sure but dealing with them isn't necessarily

*typos

We like to think humans are rational about 90 percent of the time and like 10 percent of the time we get irrational

The truth is it's the opposite

We're irrational 90 percent of the time, and we're rational about 10 percent about things that don't really matter or have no emotional baggage to them

Like, you'll be rational about doing your taxes

ill rationally vote for someone based off of my irrational normative values

But you won't be rational about picking your favorite player or picking your career or your wife or literally anything that will matter to you

for example if they support socialism

i vote them

its rational but its rooted in feelings

or normative systems

And that's fine.

But the trap is thinking you're the only logical person....and it's every one else whos irrational

Which is really what causes so much division. We think the other side is full of idiots and our side is generally pretty okay

very few people think that

The Red Team Blue Team phenomenah is one of the most powerful

most people are aware that they are irrational to a degree

Once you belong to a tribe.....oof. forget about it

I wish that were true man. I really o

do*

I mean obviously not many people think they're infallible

I agree with that

it's that they think they're rational 90 percent of the time and irrational 10 percent of the time

Unless you realize that the opposite is true....

Here's the really crazy part, ready?

Unless you realize that humans are irrational almost all of the time....you'll never ever be persuasive

That's like....step one

fair enough, but in the end it depends on the context

you can be persuasive on the merit of how logical you are such as constructing an argument that is sound

maybe not in face to face interactions

Nope, facts never persuade anyone

Because everyone has their own facts

If you convince someone though a debate or something like that....it's because you did something else to convicne them

Like, you were more well spoken, or your tie was red and your opponent had a bowtie

Literally

I disagree

those things are important

I know you do lol

but if your statements dont follow logical order then people will point it out

and make you look like a retard

You would think right?

One time I was watching a debate

And it was against two people...I forget who. But it was two really smart people, and it was a smart crowd...you know, smart people doing smart things

kek you sound like trump

The first debater came really well prepared. Like, he was a smart guy who knew his stuff and was comfortable with logic and debate