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Daily Dose of Reason - Psychology & Self-Improvement
Written by Michael J. Hurd, Ph.D.   
Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:00
relpolA good, principled way to cut off political (or similar) discussion: "You're not going to convince me; so we might as well talk about something else." Reasonable people accept this because, as reasonable people they understand that conclusions cannot be forced -- they can only be attained through thinking for oneself. Unreasonable people will refuse to accept this, or only "accept" it in the context of a snide comment. In so doing, they reveal something about themselves: That they don't reach their own conclusions by reason. So, on this subject at least -- who needs them?
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