http://detailedabstractions.com/2009/06/29/health-care-debate-obfuscation-number-of-uninsured/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=health-care-debate-obfuscation-number-of-uninsured Pathologically Pro-Freedom Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://detailedabstractions.com/2009/06/29/health-care-debate-obfuscation-number-of-uninsured/#comment-13 Michael Shane Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:03:13 +0000 http://detailedabstractions.com/?p=49#comment-13 I'm not sure I get your question - does this work? It's true, but if work do you mean change people's minds? Probably not so much, but I've found with other interactions that moving people away from mythical thinking is a very slow process that usually starts with arguing base premises. & health care, like many debates, can not be argued well, if the basic facts aren't understood. Hopefully pointing out one obvious, easy to find, and nonpartisan myth, will make people more curious about the other things they're not really sure of. Of course the very committed will say it's a lie and work to marginalize the messenger, but I'm not big enough to have enemies :) I’m not sure I get your question – does this work?
It’s true, but if work do you mean change people’s minds?
Probably not so much, but I’ve found with other interactions that moving people away from mythical thinking is a very slow process that usually starts with arguing base premises.
& health care, like many debates, can not be argued well, if the basic facts aren’t understood.
Hopefully pointing out one obvious, easy to find, and nonpartisan myth, will make people more curious about the other things they’re not really sure of.
Of course the very committed will say it’s a lie and work to marginalize the messenger, but I’m not big enough to have enemies

]]> http://detailedabstractions.com/2009/06/29/health-care-debate-obfuscation-number-of-uninsured/#comment-12 Pia-Maas Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:19:00 +0000 http://detailedabstractions.com/?p=49#comment-12 Hey, ok, I get it, I guess - but does this really work? Hey, ok, I get it, I guess – but does this really work?

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