Changing a person’s strongly-held belief is difficult. They may not be willing to spend the time it would take to address all your arguments. They might not be capable of understanding them. And they may be motivated to misunderstand.
An alternative is to give them short, fun intros to the atomic ideas and evidence for your argument, without revealing your larger aim. Let them gradually come to the right conclusion on their own.
The art of this approach is motivating why the atomic ideas are interesting, without using the point you’re trying to make as the motivator.
This has the added benefit of forcing you to justify your ideas using alternative examples, in case you are the one who is wrong.
Changing a person’s strongly-held belief is difficult. They may not be willing to spend the time it would take to address all your arguments. They might not be capable of understanding them. And they may be motivated to misunderstand.
An alternative is to give them short, fun intros to the atomic ideas and evidence for your argument, without revealing your larger aim. Let them gradually come to the right conclusion on their own.
The art of this approach is motivating why the atomic ideas are interesting, without using the point you’re trying to make as the motivator.
This has the added benefit of forcing you to justify your ideas using alternative examples, in case you are the one who is wrong.