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In reply to the discussion: Liberals and Conservatives Both Resist Science, But Differently [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)If that's what you care about, influencing people toward your point of view then you are doing it wrong.
There's an organization called Toastmasters that's dedicated to teaching public speaking, you can get up and make a presentation and get critiqued from other members who get up and make their own presentation. You end up with a perfect audience of people who are interested in communication but likely don't know what you know, they will listen to you and tell you what is wrong with your presentation.
http://www.toastmasters.org
You may know science but you don't know people, I'm not that great at in that it doesn't come naturally to me but I was married to a natural people person for a long time and I've watched it done tens of thousands of times. It's like trying to play basketball if you have poor hand eye coordination, you understand how to play and with enough practice you can play but you'll never be great at it.
If you can learn how to respond to people without insulting them you'll do a lot better, you probably thought that remark about my OPs was cutting, I couldn't decide if it was funny or sad. You are the one who showed the closed mind.
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." -Galileo Galilei
You insult me, I try to help you.. See how it works?