Name: How to Disagree Better | NYT Opinion
Uploaded: 2019-09-24T04:30:52.000Z
Duration: 3 min 39 s
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disowning family members, and it's only going to get worse.

I'm going to share three simple techniques

you should incorporate to ensure your conversations

Sometimes arguments are presented as black and white

and you get lost in a "Yes, it is. No, it isn't" spiral.

to add perspective and have a productive conversation.

how confident are you that belief is true?"

This lets you know how entrenched someone is

That comment usually initiates a "No, it isn't.

Suppose Saudi Arabia is nine out of 10 in patriarchy.

It also gives room for people to move along that scale

without giving up their position entirely.

And if either position moves toward the other,

you know your conversation wasn't meaningless.

When we argue we're asked often angrily or dismissively

"What evidence might actually change your mind?"

This question isn't a threat and you're not

You're just inviting someone to question their own beliefs

This will ensure you're on the same page.

but under what conditions would you change your mind?"

is a good-faith way of giving people the space

to consider and self- critique their position.

Who knows? You both may find some common ground

to know something with actually knowing something.

This phenomenon is known as the "unread library effect."

Participants were then asked to explain verbally and give

but we don't know anything unless we borrow and read

Here's how you can use this in conversation.

for explanations in as much detail as possible.

you might both be rewarded with a good lesson.

because it enables us to solve shared problems.

that we need to be talking about and generating

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How to Disagree Better | NYT Opinion

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