Comment on Anon's coworker is a flat-earther

• ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  it’s just as equally effective to break dumb beliefs like this as reasoning is, and both are far more effective than empathy, according to studies.

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  • Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I’m going to need a source for those claims.

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    • ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      GIYF. the paper is out there, published and reviewed. circa 2021, I think.

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      • Oni_eyes@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        You made the claim, you provide the source.

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• Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  No, but it prevents other people from engaging with a topic to begin with

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• Lightor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  On the other hand, normalizing and allowing it just enables and validates it.

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