How (Not) to Change Someone's Mind

When do fact-checks work? And when do they backfire and cause someone to dig in? Yamil Velez (polisci.columb...) , a political scientist at Columbia University, set up an experiment using chatbots and found that people can change their mind, even on deeply held beliefs. Except under one condition: when the chatbot is rude.
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I think we have an ethical divide. Some people are willing to take advantage of base impulses to gain power. Some people are interested in improving the thought processes around voter information.

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"New study says" is a topic I have begun to ignore.

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Why?

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