Any time I've had my mind changed about something substantial, the epiphany always hit several days (or months) after the event that precipitated my reconsideration of a given issue. It seems I am incapable of being persuaded on the spot. I think it is because I first have to go through an internal process wherein I pose point against co…
Any time I've had my mind changed about something substantial, the epiphany always hit several days (or months) after the event that precipitated my reconsideration of a given issue. It seems I am incapable of being persuaded on the spot. I think it is because I first have to go through an internal process wherein I pose point against counterpoint, sort of resembling the dialogues in your videos. (I used to have a job running a floor buffer in a large hotel lobby for two hours every night. Highly recommend. The monotony and steady white noise really lend to the contemplation of weighty matters.)
Also similarly, the result has rarely been that I "switched sides" (except maybe twice). Rather, I usually arrive at some reframing of the issue. Based on conversations I've had, I suspect a large number of people have never had this experience. So I certainly see the value of compellingly modeling the process of rumination leading to a reformed perspective. Will it fall on deaf ears? I don't know. I need to better understand the forces that keep us deadlocked in our perspectives. Now, where is my floor buffer?
You described the process I've gone through in having my mind changed as well! Usually it starts with simply the recognition that something is more complicated than I believed. Then comes the half-conscious, back-of-mind stewing that can move me toward a different view eventually. Most major changes came in part from enjoyable disagreements with people I respect.
Your experience is why I don't really talk in terms of changing minds, but in terms of *expanding* minds :)
And actually....I used to produce a podcast that told the stories of people who've made all kinds of 'mind expansions.' There weren't really 180's, but like you said, reframings of the issue. You might enjoy this episode while you look for that floor buffer: https://www.reckonings.show/episodes/17
Any time I've had my mind changed about something substantial, the epiphany always hit several days (or months) after the event that precipitated my reconsideration of a given issue. It seems I am incapable of being persuaded on the spot. I think it is because I first have to go through an internal process wherein I pose point against counterpoint, sort of resembling the dialogues in your videos. (I used to have a job running a floor buffer in a large hotel lobby for two hours every night. Highly recommend. The monotony and steady white noise really lend to the contemplation of weighty matters.)
Also similarly, the result has rarely been that I "switched sides" (except maybe twice). Rather, I usually arrive at some reframing of the issue. Based on conversations I've had, I suspect a large number of people have never had this experience. So I certainly see the value of compellingly modeling the process of rumination leading to a reformed perspective. Will it fall on deaf ears? I don't know. I need to better understand the forces that keep us deadlocked in our perspectives. Now, where is my floor buffer?
You described the process I've gone through in having my mind changed as well! Usually it starts with simply the recognition that something is more complicated than I believed. Then comes the half-conscious, back-of-mind stewing that can move me toward a different view eventually. Most major changes came in part from enjoyable disagreements with people I respect.
AMEN, Benjamin.
Your experience is why I don't really talk in terms of changing minds, but in terms of *expanding* minds :)
And actually....I used to produce a podcast that told the stories of people who've made all kinds of 'mind expansions.' There weren't really 180's, but like you said, reframings of the issue. You might enjoy this episode while you look for that floor buffer: https://www.reckonings.show/episodes/17
Thanks. I’ll give it a listen.