How to Change Minds (Not What You Think) 

Will smoking pot really make my lungs look like that?

@@mr.knowitall5019 absolutely 🤣

Without a doubt ! Guy is a role model

Spot on, fear in the short term does get people moving Long term change usually take something else

@@TravisGilbert Long term, when the big scary thing doesn't materialise, it gets people to question whether the fear is even warranted. Which may lead to exactly the opposite response long term than the one that you intended.

Haha thats great to hear

Thank you! Glad to have you

@@TravisGilbert no problem man, have a fantastic day :)

Yeah, however, some counterexamples notwithstanding I see neither side reaching out and having an actual conversation. A lot of shouting, and dismissing opposing viewpoints out of hand without even listening, but conversing? As someone in the middle, who disagrees with both sides on some stuff, and agrees with both on others, it's even more exhausting. Because when your viewpoint is even the slightest bit balanced, both sides want to yell at you for being normal.

@@EvenTheDogAgrees To that point, Juan, maybe this whole "other side"mentality is part of the problem. It's either you believe A or B. But as this video talked about there are plenty of issues that are nuanced and complex enough where there isn't just a two sided option. Now there are some things that are silly and shouldn't be reasonably entertained (like the microchips are in vaccines so everyone can be mind controlled conspiracy) but there are plenty of other issues out there that aren't. Where I live, in the US, we l like to group people as either left or right, as liberal or conservative, and through that categorization we often assume that each of these groups are monoliths that directly contradict each other. But I've found that depending on where I live I'm either seen as more liberal or more conservative. It's not that my ideas have changed all that much from place to place. People just tend to think that anyone with some beliefs more conservative than theirs are extremist conservatives and anyone with some beliefs that are more liberal than theirs are extremist liberals. And they are the actual rational centrist. I get it! I feel that way too! I really don't think I'm extreme at all but more of a leftist centrist. But because our own base point feeds into our confirmation bias we get upset at anyone who is less/more of a liberal/conservative. And that sounds like what people are doing to you. Personally, I don't even think it's a sliding scale. I think the more you get to know people the more you see that everyone has a wide range of beliefs that people categorize into left and right positions, even though it's way more complicated than that. And problems arise when a group decide you have to believe X or moral or immoral, soley based on how closely you fit into these preconceived categories. But that false dichotomy is so detrimental to progress and having nuanced discussions! TLDR MOST ideas aren't a simple dichotomy nor are MOST of the people who believe them, and thinking that it has to be a political dichotomy destroys any chance of discussion.

@@sarahcb3142 Couldn't agree more. It pains me to see how your country has been polarised lately. Not that there hasn't been some level of polarisation in the past; even back in the 80's, when I grew up, we'd catch glimpses of that through the news and movies. But back then it wasn't this all consuming hatred of "the other side". And as people not on the extreme spectrum of either ideology, all we can do is watch them fight and shake our head at such utter stupidity. For starters, violence has never solved much. Second: the more you fight someone and the more you entrench yourself in your own ideology, the harder it becomes to find a solution to your differences. And at the end of the day, you still have to live together. Some diplomacy wouldn't be such a bad idea...

Spot on its really a shame

Thank you I really appreciate that

Man is really a hero

I'm glad to hear it! Thank you

Thank you! i appreciate that

Hey, I really appreciate that thank you!

Thank you! They were a part of the Jonestown cult

Yes, I realize that. Was your point not to be blind followers? Sorry, I just felt a bit of disconnect in understanding the framing of your close.

Thank you that means a lot! How did you find it?

Asking geniune questions can be a great tool too. Maybe try asking her why someone would put that in a vaccine (especially when there are much easier way to track someone) Or ask how would the mocrochip work in someone's body?

@@TravisGilbert Thanks, I'll give that a go and see what her response is -_-'

@@TheCreator1197 I wish you luck

@@TheCreator1197 I am geniunelly curious about how this will go.

"+" -ing bcs i wanna know how it went

Thanks! And I did took so long to film to grew back

I hope you liked it!

Thank you I really appreciate that!

Thank you! Will do!

honestly one of the best!

Thank you!!

It's called Having An Intelligent Conversation

By the end of the conversation you'll have traded your beliefs.

Great news i hope it stays that way!

@@TravisGilbert it did

Noted lol

Appreciate it!

Its intentional 🤣

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Depends on how you define wet. if something is wet when water clings to it then how is water not wet when it clings to itself?

Thanks for being here!

@@TravisGilbert Yeah, man! Thank you! I appreciate the love and care that goes into these videos. This one in particular is one that I needed to hear right about now.

Joe Rogan meme kill me lol

Is that a good thing?😅

@@TravisGilbert Yes more people will click on this wonderful video😄

^This is sarcasm, great video!