Is It Futile to Argue With Someone Who Holds a Certain Position for Illogical Reasons?
Question by : Is it futile to argue with someone who holds a certain position for illogical reasons?
Or is there an effective way to subvert their feelings.
As an example, a friend of mine is convinced there is no such thing as “alcoholism.” I’ve shown him literature from the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the DSM-IV, all useless. Before you say that I’m simply appealing to authority, the literature goes into quite a bit of detail about why it classifies alcoholism the way it does.
Is there any way or any use in arguing with someone who does holds a position for irrational reasons?
I am a die hard Democrat and he is a die hard Republican, actually.
Best answer:
Answer by StrawDog…Original Edition
I’ll let you in on a little secret…I’ts impossible to argue with anyone about anything they won’t believe. A mind has to be open so to speak in order to be persuaded, even without knowing it before entering an argument, debate etc…we have already made up our minds. basically what I’m trying to say is that people, each and every one of us will believe whatever the hell we want to believe and nothing will change that.
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