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> But part of it, possibly connected to the same
>emotion, is that changing minds rarely involves a
>sudden realization, except with regard to simple
>objective facts that are not core beliefs.* Rather one
>works through things as the necessary adjustments get
>made in one's overall web of belief and finds oneself,
>subtly, with changed views at the end.
That's happened to me here tons of times. One example that comes to mind is talking with Jordan and realizing I could be in favor of some form of gun control that's better than what we have without being anti-gun.