re: #411 LotharBot

One thing I’ve learned about educating people on just about any topic is that you have to figure out what their “sticking point” is. I listed a few I’ve heard in this post. How do we take people with issues like that and teach them correctly? Presenting good science is only part of the solution; correcting their misconceptions is the other part.

The other thing about educating people is that you can only educate someone if they have some sliver of willingness to consider that there may actually be some point or perspective on an issue that they haven’t considered. Even a crack in the door is enough but it’s always surprising to find not only a massive amount of closed doors, but ones that are literally, proudly and gleefully nailed shut.