Apologies, I should have been clearer in using donations to the AMF as an analogy to persuading people to be more rational and not a direct way to persuade people to be more rational. I don’t claim that these people are more rational simply because they donate to the AMF.
If we are really trying to persuade people, however, guilt tripping should be considered as an option. Logical arguments will only change the behavior of a very small segment of society while even self-professed rationalists can be persuaded with good emotional appeals.
Apologies, I should have been clearer in using donations to the AMF as an analogy to persuading people to be more rational and not a direct way to persuade people to be more rational.
No, you were using it as anecdotal evidence that your method works.
I don’t claim that these people are more rational simply because they donate to the AMF.
It’s not clear to me that donating to AMF is a reliable sign of their increased rationality. How do you know you’re not simply guilt tripping them?
Apologies, I should have been clearer in using donations to the AMF as an analogy to persuading people to be more rational and not a direct way to persuade people to be more rational. I don’t claim that these people are more rational simply because they donate to the AMF.
If we are really trying to persuade people, however, guilt tripping should be considered as an option. Logical arguments will only change the behavior of a very small segment of society while even self-professed rationalists can be persuaded with good emotional appeals.
No, you were using it as anecdotal evidence that your method works.
Well, you’re argument does rely on that premise.