"I Don’t Want to Be Right"
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/m ... -true.html
Most of the meat of the article are farther down the page.
NewYorker Article on ideology & changing minds
Re: NewYorker Article on ideology & changing minds
tl;dr -> Throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. Washing it off doesn't work as intended. Shit stains remain. Forever.