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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast Stinger" data-source="post: 209859" data-attributes="member: 1640"><p>I can't speak for him but I would suggest that not wanting to have a discussion on this also might just mean that you find it tedious. </p><p></p><p>Several years ago I got locked into a conversation with a "Truther." They honestly believed that the collapse of the Trade Towers was an inside government job. No matter what I said and what document I put forward they had a scientist or an expert to "prove" otherwise. I learned from that experience that if someone is on a crusade they will find an amazing amount of evidence to disprove the majority of experts and arguing otherwise will not change their mind. I find that with people who hold unconventional thoughts that are obviously wrong, the only thing that can ever change their thinking is simply time. Give them a few decades and they will over time see the futility of holding a position that is constantly having to contort to stay viable. But arguing with them only reinforces their need to be right. </p><p></p><p>At a certain point most of us rely on common sense. To be sure, common sense can be wrong but I lean toward the position that if common sense also seems to align with the majority of experts in an area it is rarely wrong. Finding exceptions in history to this only proves the rule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast Stinger, post: 209859, member: 1640"] I can't speak for him but I would suggest that not wanting to have a discussion on this also might just mean that you find it tedious. Several years ago I got locked into a conversation with a "Truther." They honestly believed that the collapse of the Trade Towers was an inside government job. No matter what I said and what document I put forward they had a scientist or an expert to "prove" otherwise. I learned from that experience that if someone is on a crusade they will find an amazing amount of evidence to disprove the majority of experts and arguing otherwise will not change their mind. I find that with people who hold unconventional thoughts that are obviously wrong, the only thing that can ever change their thinking is simply time. Give them a few decades and they will over time see the futility of holding a position that is constantly having to contort to stay viable. But arguing with them only reinforces their need to be right. At a certain point most of us rely on common sense. To be sure, common sense can be wrong but I lean toward the position that if common sense also seems to align with the majority of experts in an area it is rarely wrong. Finding exceptions in history to this only proves the rule. [/QUOTE]
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