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Scientists Use AI to Prove People Can Be Talked Out of Conspiracy Theories (www.extremetech.com)
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This chatbot experiment reveals that, contrary to popular belief, many conspiracy thinkers aren't 'too far gone' to reconsider their convictions and change their minds.

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[-] Whopraysforthedevil@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

I've always believed the adage that you can't logic someone out of a position they didn't logic themselves into. It protects my peace.

[-] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

logic isn't the only way to persuade, in fact all evidence seems to show it works on very few people.

Everyone discounts sincere emotional arguments but frankly that's all I've ever seen work on conspiracyheads.

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