Why should anyone expect a specific kind of word input to be capable of persuading everyone? They’re just words, not magic spells.
The specific word sequence is evidence for something or other. It’s still unreasonable to expect people to respond to evidence in every domain, but many people do respond to words, and calling them just sounds in air doesn’t capture the reasons they do so.
The specific word sequence is evidence for something or other. It’s still unreasonable to expect people to respond to evidence in every domain, but many people do respond to words, and calling them just sounds in air doesn’t capture the reasons they do so.