Persuasion Posts of the Week

You Are Still Crying Wolf

This lays out some uncomfortable truths about voting patterns that people don’t want to acknowledge. Very important information if people can fit it into their cognitive dissonance.

 

Trump understands what many miss: people don’t make decisions based on facts

Not just about Trump, the article reviews why people make choices and digs into reasons that people ignore inconvenient facts to make their decisions. “We seek to confirm our preconceived conclusions and are dismissive of the facts that threaten our worldviews.” Yes, yes we do.