Re: Advocacy doesn’t work if you tell someone they’re wrong

[David Gerard]

On 2 November 2010 08:20, Stephane Ascoet
<Stephane.Ascoet at ac-orleans-tours.fr> wrote:
> Jelle Hermsen a écrit :

>> I derived this idea from social psychology and I would love to hear what
>> you all think of it.

> Hi, I think you're right. We're facing the same issue while trying to convince people to stop meat consumption.


Basically, people don't take advice. They give it - just as if it
worked or something - but there are almost no cases of anyone actually
taking advice. Ever.

This may be useful:

http://mindprod.com/ethics/persuasion.html


- d.