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1 " Never argue on Twitter. "
― Peter Boghossian , How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide
2 " Beliefs matter because people act upon their beliefs—whether those beliefs are true or not (and it’s far easier to be wrong than right). "
3 " First, when people post something on social media, unless explicitly stated, they probably do not want their belief to be corrected. Usually their purpose is to have their view confirmed. "
4 " If civility is your primary goal, or if productive conversation is impossible, make learning your go-to. If you just want to get through a family reunion, learning is your emergency exit that allows you to make almost any conversation civil.62 Adopt a frame of mind in which you are engaging in a study of someone with radically different beliefs than yours and try to learn all you can about how they form their beliefs. "
