How to Change Your Idiot Uncle's Mind About Stuff
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 1000 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
In "How to Change Minds: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion," science writer David McRaney explores proven ways to get people to unstuck themselves from entrenched opinions and think straight.
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Relevant Episodes:
Peter Boghassian on "How to Talk to Insufferable Ideologues" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-talk-to-insufferable-ideologues-featuring-peter/id1439837349?i=1000464778737
Andrea Jones-Rooy on "How to Unstuck Idiot Political Beliefs" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-unstuck-idiot-political-beliefs/id1439837349?i=1000463382249
Adaam Levin-Areddy on Cognitive Dissonance: https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/cognative-dissonance
David McRaney on Groupthink https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-monkey-groupthink-beats-human-logic/id1439837349?i=1000556387655
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for Pucky Misf Fitz and Problem Solvers. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm your host Andrew Heave. |
| 0:16.0 | I'm very excited because today I am rejoined by a new friend |
| 0:21.0 | Science writer David McRaneyaney who authored an entire book with schematics, useful |
| 0:27.2 | steps and neuroscience about how to effectively argue people out of entrenched positions. |
| 0:34.0 | Tested, proven techniques. |
| 0:36.6 | They can get someone to go from a 10 out of 10 on a stupid scale |
| 0:40.5 | to a mere 7, maybe a 6, or even get people to argue themselves into a new position entirely. |
| 0:48.0 | Best yet, it involves no hypnosis or voodoo curses at all. |
| 0:54.1 | You're not playing tricks on the person. |
| 0:55.8 | You're just helping them. |
| 0:57.2 | We're figuring out how the brain works |
| 0:59.4 | and then gently assisting somebody |
| 1:00.9 | to get their brain work better. |
| 1:02.2 | And David is going to walk us |
| 1:03.8 | through. It's a good episode, a good episode made possible by patrons of the show. |
| 1:10.4 | You can join them by going to Patreon.com slash Andrew Heaton. |
| 1:15.3 | Patrons. |
| 1:16.7 | I owe you guys and gals an apology. |
| 1:20.3 | Last week between the impending holiday weekend and a pregnancy scare I was unable to get the weekly bonus episode out in time. |
| 1:28.5 | Now don't worry it turns out I am not pregnant. |
| 1:31.5 | Whoo! |
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