From the article:
This chatbot experiment reveals that, contrary to popular belief, many conspiracy thinkers aren’t ‘too far gone’ to reconsider their convictions and change their minds.
From the article:
This chatbot experiment reveals that, contrary to popular belief, many conspiracy thinkers aren’t ‘too far gone’ to reconsider their convictions and change their minds.
the person needs to have a connection to the conspiracy theorist that is stronger than the identity valence gained by adopting these conspiracies
The person needs to speak emotionally and sincerely, using direct experience (cookie cutter rarely works here)
The person needs to genuinely desire for the improvement of the other’s life
That is the only way I have ever witnessed it personally work, and it still took weeks.