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“Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story's persuasive effects. But over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study of how story affects the human mind. Results repeatedly show that our attitudes, fears, hopes, and values are strongly influenced by story. In fact, fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than writing that is specifically designed to persuade through argument and evidence.”

Writing Mind Humans Facts Stories Shows Seems Able Lasts Values Belief Results Attitude Fiction Study Psychology Effects Serious Evidence Argument Decades Human Mind Persuasive

Author:Jonathan Gottschall

“The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.”

Long Fighting Sides Results Argument Both Sides

Author:J. P. Donleavy

“This self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.”

Self Results Behavior Argument Self Defeating Behavior

Book:The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)

Source: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)

“Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.”

Ifs Giving Persons Turns Results Conversation Argument Arguing Bows

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)

“But the paradox is here: when cultivated people do stay away from a certain portion of the population, when all social advantages are persistently withheld, it may be for years, the result itself is pointed to as a reason and is used as an argument for the continued withholding.”

People Years May Reason Used Certain Social Results Advantage Argument Population Discrimination Paradox Portions Withholding

Book:Twenty Years at Hull House

Source: Twenty Years at Hull House

“Unlike mathematical theorems, scientific results can't be proved. They can only be tested again and again, until only a fool would not believe them. I cannot prove that electrons exist..........if you don't believe in them I have a high voltage cattle prod I'm willing to apply as an argument on their behalf. Electrons speak for themselves.”

Ifs Believe Speak Results Willing Fool Prove Argument Don't Believe Mathematical Again And Again Tested Behalf Cattle Theorems Electrons Voltage

Author:Seth Lloyd

“The problem with ideology is if you got an ideology, you already got your mind made up, you know all the answers, and that makes evidence irrelevant and argument a waste of time, so you tend to govern by assertion and attack. The problem with that is that discourages thinking and gives you bad results.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Giving Mind Made Problem Answers Results Waste Evidence Argument Ideology Wasting Time Irrelevant Discouraging Assertion Mind Made Up

Author:William J. Clinton

“Science has long been in the value business. Despite a widespread belief to the contrary, scientific validity is not the result of scientists abstaining from making value judgments; rather, scientific validity is the result of scientists making their best efforts to value principles of reasoning that link their beliefs to reality, through reliable chains of evidence and argument.”

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Author:Sam Harris

“Congratulations to Obama! He's now increased the debt more in three years than George W. Bush did his entire eight year presidency. But all that spending was worth it because just look at the great results! So what exactly is the argument that Obama isn't a hugely incompetent failure? So far it's 'Look! Over there! A war on women!'”

Years Looks War Three Results Argument Eight Debt Spending Three Years Worth It Presidency Congratulations Incompetent Great Results Exactly Is

Author:Frank J. Fleming