"More people are killed by hammers than by guns"

[Bucky]

Also, 300 > 8000

[kentuck]

1. Why, Yes!

There were seven people killed with hammers in my town yesterday. Not!

[NutmegYankee]

2. Classic example of the Backfire Effect.

https://effectiviology.com/backfire-effect-facts-dont-change-minds/

In a perfectly rational world, people who encounter evidence that challenges their beliefs would first evaluate this evidence, and then adjust their beliefs accordingly. However, in reality this is seldom the case.

Instead, when people encounter evidence that should cause them to doubt their beliefs, they often reject this evidence, and strengthen their support for their original stance. This occurs due to a cognitive bias known as the backfire effect.

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The backfire effect is a cognitive bias that causes people who encounter evidence that challenges their beliefs to reject that evidence, and to strengthen their support of their original stance. Essentially, the backfire effect means that showing people evidence which proves that they are wrong is often ineffective, and can actually end up backfiring, by causing them to support their original stance more strongly than they previously did.

As such, the backfire effect is a subtype of the confirmation bias, which is a cognitive bias that can cause people to reject information which contradicts their beliefs, or to interpret information in a way that confirms those beliefs.

[jimfields33]

3. They are probably including those who fall off ladders or roofs using a hammer.

Don’t fall for this.

[crickets]

10. Interesting piece. Good to see that reducing the backfire effect is addressed as well. nt

[sanatanadharma]

4. Also including blunt-force injury deaths from...

... being pistol whipped.

[rurallib]

5. The suicide by hammer is a difficult exercise

This guy should try it

[Chainfire]

6. Attacking faith-based arguments, on any subject, with facts, is a waste of time.

There was an old country music song that described the situation; it went "I might as well be talking to the wall."

Notice that the man was not the least bit embarrassed at being caught out in is absurd statement.

We need to quit talking and start acting.

[CrackityJones75]

9. This is why I hate the "Democrats are terrible at messaging"

Our message is fine. When you have this many people that refuse to listen to reason there is no message that you can give them that will change their mind. None. So it just becomes the self inflicted wound to complain about out messaging. Republicans NEVER apologize for the nasty shit they say. They put it out there for people to dogest it and are unapologetic about it. We need to stop blaming ourselves for stating the truth.