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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