Maajid Nawaz: "Please stop saying the Nice attacks have nothing to do with Islam."

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63. I'm not sure Maajid Nawaz's methods persuade any Muslims to be less violent -- Persuasion by yelling

doesn't work well.

I think a carrot approach should be tried, and game theory agrees. Game theory now says that when we meet someone we don't know, we should offer our hand in greeting and then reciprocate in the way that the other person does. If they cooperate, we do as well. And if they are negative, we should act the same way.

But before too long, we should offer our hand again in a cooperative fashion and then cooperate if they do...

Another largely persuasive approach is just to give the facts -- for example, in terms of getting parents to vaccinate their youngsters, pediatricians should not scare them with the horrors of autism, measles, etc. The most effective method seems to be something like, "Most parents vaccinate their children in the expectation that this helps their children. And this is generally the case." (Optimal warning like those words but not quite. If you're a pediatrician, I would look up the actual wording.)