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Attitude Change on Reddit’s Change My View

#CognitiveScience #DataAnalysis #epistemology #reddit | As prior work suggests, we find that people are not easily convinced to change their beliefs about social and moral issues, and this occurs even though people cite considerably more evidence while discussing these issues. However, our data provides one source of optimism: We found that the amount of evidence provided in a discussion predicts attitude change, suggesting that while attitude change is hard-won, providing facts and evidence may nonetheless be an effective persuasive tactic.

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