Longshot Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 I understand why Stefan hasn't done it, but I'd love to see him fo onto Fox or CNN and just completely blow everyone's mind. We've all had a mental ejaculation thanks to Stefan, but I'd love to see the ripple effects left behind when the public gets a load of him.
Wesley Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 I understand why Stefan hasn't done it, but I'd love to see him fo onto Fox or CNN and just completely blow everyone's mind. We've all had a mental ejaculation thanks to Stefan, but I'd love to see the ripple effects left behind when the public gets a load of him. If you can get one of those shows to invite on Stefan as a guest, I am sure he would (at least consider) accepting.
kalmia Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 The type of show its likely intent must be considered. Are they attempting to make him look foolish by manipulating the conversation? Or are they actually curious? Maybe someone like Stossel would be a bit more fair.
Wuzzums Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 To blow their minds like that implies they never heard that point of view before. Like for instance when you tell a kid that Earth is just a giant rock in space, it will blow his/her mind. If you go to a church and say "there's probably no god" you won't blow anyone's mind, they're not there to get knowledge. It's just one giant circle jerk. Politics oriented media (which I admit is a redundancy) is the same. The only people who will get their minds blown are people that switched to the channel by accident.
Longshot Posted December 18, 2013 Author Posted December 18, 2013 Sure, maybe others have tried to make the same case but the manner in which Stefan presents his case coupled with his incredible logic and reason is what seperates him from the rest. Obviously... otherwise we wouldn't all be here on his forum.
Wuzzums Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 So you agree people only go there to get their beliefs reinforced by blatant propaganda yet still think they would change their beliefs given a contrary point of view? You can't go to a bar and get people to stop drinking no matter how eloquently you put it or how rock solid is your logic. The only reason the bar is there is because people want to drink. You cannot debate decision with reason and evidence, if you could we all would be living in a better world.
Longshot Posted December 18, 2013 Author Posted December 18, 2013 I go to all sources of info, from Fox on the right to MSNBC on the left & everything inbetween to give me a broader scope of the truth mixed in with the B.S. that both sides claim to be against. My interpretation of their propaganda can't be generalized & compared to other people's interpretation because we all my go to the bar for a drink, but each person's depth of understanding is what seperates them from the drunk sitting next to them & from the other person next to them watching MSNBC in blissful ignorance.
wdiaz03 Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 How does that go again? I'm paraphrasing here. "You can only change people's minds using reason and evidence if they reached their conclusions using reason and evidence" - Stef
_LiveFree_ Posted December 20, 2013 Posted December 20, 2013 The vast majority of people are not ready to hear this philosophy. Keep concentrating on those that show interest. Multigenerational change doesn't mean go blow your load on TV. I'd take 5 minutes on the Joe Rogan Podcast over a 20 minute interview on Fox any day.
Guest Exceptionalist Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 So you agree people only go there to get their beliefs reinforced by blatant propaganda yet still think they would change their beliefs given a contrary point of view? You can't go to a bar and get people to stop drinking no matter how eloquently you put it or how rock solid is your logic. The only reason the bar is there is because people want to drink. You cannot debate decision with reason and evidence, if you could we all would be living in a better world. The problem with the bar would be, that the waiter would certainly boot you out of the pub for harming his economical interest. In the same way, you hadn't had given a speech against the deportation of the jews in the German propaganda ministry.
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