Persuasion requires entering the other’s worldview, not starting from one’s own

Evidence

You have to be very careful not to get into that know-it-all role. In order for an argument to fit, I have to understand the life and way of thinking of my counterpart, even if it is irrational. What makes this person tick? I have to hook into the worldview that people have, not start with mine. — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 416

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Highlander-style peer education shifts activists’ worldview only through indirect experiential methods, not direct assertion.

Related

• Highlander-style peer education shifts activists’ worldview only through indirect experiential methods, not direct assertion. (similarity 0.87)
• Emotional benefits sustain worldviews that good arguments cannot dislodge (similarity 0.80)
• Debates with believers often target bystanders, not the interlocutor (similarity 0.79)
• People change their own minds; persuasion attempts play a small role (similarity 0.78)