And that’s what explains the attractiveness of the appeal-to-persuading-third-parties. What “You’ll never persuade people like that” really means is, “You are starting to persuade me against my will, and I’m laundering my cognitive dissonance by asserting that you actually need to persuade someone else who isn’t here.”
Big if true. Going to look out for this in future conversations.
Big if true. Going to look out for this in future conversations.