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← People certain they are right can impose their beliefs by force instead of persuading

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 2 Nov 2016 to 1 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under attitude change attitude change Everything filed under government government Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under politics politics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People certain they are right can impose their beliefs by force instead of persuading People certain they are right can imposetheir beliefs by force instead ofpersuading SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2021 — tap for who they are Same subject: Progressive political thinking has neglected the value of persuading others that one is right — tap to centre the map on it Progressive political thinking hasneglected the value of persuadingothers that one is right Last stated a month ago 18 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-04-05 — tap for who they are MY Matthew Yglesias — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Patient persuasion can change people's minds over time — tap to centre the map on it Patient persuasion can changepeople's minds over time Last stated 5 years ago 7 Mar 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-03-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Actions are more persuasive than arguments — tap to centre the map on it Actions are more persuasive thanarguments Last stated 4 years ago 8 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Convincing others to care and act matters more than simply being right. — tap to centre the map on it Convincing others to care and actmatters more than simply beingright. Last stated a year ago 19 Oct 2025 EY Eugene Yan — holds since 2025-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief that cannot be acted on, or whose actions carry no personal stakes, is more likely to be held for social reasons than because it is true. — tap to centre the map on it A belief that cannot be acted on, orwhose actions carry no personalstakes, is more likely to be heldfor social reasons than because itis true. Last stated 10 years ago 2 Nov 2016 KS Kevin Simler — holds since 2016-11-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coercing belief may make hypocrites and entrench errors but will never cure them — tap to centre the map on it Coercing belief may make hypocritesand entrench errors but will nevercure them TJ Thomas Jefferson — holds since c. 1781–1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: The reasons people give for their beliefs are not the causes of those beliefs; mostly people believe because they trust certain others and adopt their beliefs. — tap to centre the map on it The reasons people give for theirbeliefs are not the causes of thosebeliefs; mostly people believebecause they trust certain othersand adopt their beliefs. Last stated 7 years ago 12 Oct 2019 DK Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: It would be good if people earned credit for admitting uncertainty and changing their minds, not for defending their clique's dogmas — tap to centre the map on it It would be good if people earnedcredit for admitting uncertainty andchanging their minds, not fordefending their clique's dogmas SP Steven Pinker — holds since c. 2021 — tap for who they are Same subject: Decades of warnings about an AI apocalypse do not justify much concern today. — tap to centre the map on it Decades of warnings about an AIapocalypse do not justify muchconcern today. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 PF Paul Ford — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Deliberately shifting a culture is far harder now that everyone can personalise their media and skip past anything they dislike. — tap to centre the map on it Deliberately shifting a culture isfar harder now that everyone canpersonalise their media and skippast anything they dislike. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ideas that first circulate in private group chats often become mainstream public opinion. — tap to centre the map on it Ideas that first circulate inprivate group chats often becomemainstream public opinion. Last stated 2 years ago 19 May 2024 SK Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2024-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on diesel exports would raise overall fuel prices and damage America's energy superpower status. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on diesel exports would raiseoverall fuel prices and damageAmerica's energy superpower status. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 AE Alex Epstein — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports is more likely to raise prices than lower them. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on U.S. diesel fuel exports ismore likely to raise prices thanlower them. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 JM Josh Marshall — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A century of fire suppression policy in the American West has dangerously overloaded forests with fuel and made megafires more likely. — tap to centre the map on it A century of fire suppression policyin the American West has dangerouslyoverloaded forests with fuel andmade megafires more likely. Last stated 2 months ago 22 Aug 2026 JP Jennifer Pahlka — holds since 2026-08-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city should be as large as self-sufficiency needs but small enough for its rulers to oversee — tap to centre the map on it A city should be as large asself-sufficiency needs but smallenough for its rulers to oversee AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are
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At the centre People certain they are right can impose their beliefs by force instead of persuading Last stated c. 2021 Holds Steven Pinker Read this korrent →