Or maybe the evidence for the effect is so strong that you refuse to believe it. :)
I feel obligated to point out that the backfire effect, even in the original paper, applied only to a few zealots, and not everyone and not relatively moderate subjects. So your obvious joke is not itself consistent with the paper.
Or maybe the evidence for the effect is so strong that you refuse to believe it. :)
I feel obligated to point out that the backfire effect, even in the original paper, applied only to a few zealots, and not everyone and not relatively moderate subjects. So your obvious joke is not itself consistent with the paper.