bro was convinced he could persuade people

                                                . . . the Art he enunciated of Persuasion

Yare no artist buddy

But I am.

Pray tell

         Times as they are people are beyond persuasion

I refuse to believe that.

Adamant huh

Yes.

You truly believe through reasoning argument you can change someones mindmake them do something they don want to do

Yes.

Works only if they want their mind changed

But then I would have, you see?

he was getting cocky

   Awright Lets say we take onehunred people one at a time have no idea how long thawoud take Itd takeyoud have to concede a considerable substantial amount of time given tha yare tryin to convincechange their mind . .

. . Reasoning with them, yes.

Reasoning

Of course.

Ofcourse so   of the hunred people ya laboured over how many do you believe believe mindya   how many do you think yacoud persuade

Of one hundred people. he muttered

                                          I’d say . .

. . Not say believe

   I believe I could convince . . three people . .

. . Of one hunred Three

You think more?

I woudnt waste my timethas a horrid return on investment

                                                                    Woudntya agree

You don’t think it’d be worthwhile changing three . .

. . Three percent of people NO

                               Lemme ask you

How often do you think someone can change your mind an because I always saythas an absolute no matter whaya think about absolutes  I always say exactlyprecisely where I stand so when I askya ya know Im not settinya up for a fall 

    Because I speak from a place of knowledgeif I don know I cannotdonot participate I do not say  An because I know me neither you or anyone can convince me to change my mind once it is  set

Three percent of the time

I don’t know.   I’d have to give it some thought.

Because yare thoughtful

I am.

Don go off halfcocked

No. I try not.

                 But think . . if I can convince three percent, to use your terminology . .

. . STOPnot my terminology math three of a hunred is three percent

Please don’t interrupt me.

he cocked his head

Makin like a dog Proceed

You wont interrupt me?

Don’t you think three percent would be a worthwhile start?

No

    Not at the expense of time lost

Whatif the three I convinced then each convinced three from among the ninetyseven I couldn’t? That’s twelve percent.

May I

What?

Speak

Go ahead.

I didnt want to interrupt your train of thought Once its left the track it rarely finds its way back

I’ll remember, I’ve set momentum into play . . twelve percent.

If  A hypothetical

                     Id say implausible improbable

But not impossible.

Yareally using an absolute in defence

his lip curled like a dogs

                            I misspoke. Improbable.

Unlikely

          The ninetyseven have already heard your argument The three woud be spinning their wheels wasting time

Today

          Persuasion does not exist

That’s not very optimistic.

It isnt

       I keep mine to use when its reasonable justified   Its too valuable to waste

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