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This chatbot experiment reveals that, contrary to popular belief, many conspiracy thinkers aren't 'too far gone' to reconsider their convictions and change their minds.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've always believed the adage that you can't logic someone out of a position they didn't logic themselves into. It protects my peace.

[โ€“] Angry_Autist 1 points 2 months ago

logic isn't the only way to persuade, in fact all evidence seems to show it works on very few people.

Everyone discounts sincere emotional arguments but frankly that's all I've ever seen work on conspiracyheads.