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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9229591" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>We have research that points directly to people not changing their minds regardless of any evidence presented. We also have mountains of anecdotal evidence on every forum since the net started. People just argue. They throw up a post with an opinion and just dig in and defend that opinion vs all comers. Less than once in a blue moon will someone admit to being wrong, to say nothing of taking up a contradictory opinion. </p><p></p><p>If someone suggests that a skeptic is going to suddenly become a believer in Big Foot simply because of a grainy video, or werewolves because of a digital photo, or the Silurian hypothesis simply because of some errant archaeological evidence, etc, then I’d suggest that person spend a few hours looking at conspiracy theory websites. There’s mountains of “evidence” for all kinds of bizarre stuff…and yet, the vast majority of people don’t believe in that stuff despite all the writing, blogs, books, photos, videos, audio, etc. And it’s not because they haven’t seen or heard any of it before. </p><p></p><p>Now throw that into a horror gaming context. The small town sheriff talking to some snot-nosed kid with a blurry smart-phone photo of something with big teeth isn’t going to suddenly ignore their lifetime of skepticism, years of negative experiences with this particular snot-nosed kid, and suddenly take up arms and go charging into the woods to hunt werewolves. More likely the sheriff will think the kid’s high and dismiss him or lock him up for everyone’s safety.</p><p></p><p>Again, if someone’s a believer they will believe you, regardless of your lack of evidence. If someone’s a skeptic they will not believe you, regardless of your mountain of evidence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 9229591, member: 86653"] We have research that points directly to people not changing their minds regardless of any evidence presented. We also have mountains of anecdotal evidence on every forum since the net started. People just argue. They throw up a post with an opinion and just dig in and defend that opinion vs all comers. Less than once in a blue moon will someone admit to being wrong, to say nothing of taking up a contradictory opinion. If someone suggests that a skeptic is going to suddenly become a believer in Big Foot simply because of a grainy video, or werewolves because of a digital photo, or the Silurian hypothesis simply because of some errant archaeological evidence, etc, then I’d suggest that person spend a few hours looking at conspiracy theory websites. There’s mountains of “evidence” for all kinds of bizarre stuff…and yet, the vast majority of people don’t believe in that stuff despite all the writing, blogs, books, photos, videos, audio, etc. And it’s not because they haven’t seen or heard any of it before. Now throw that into a horror gaming context. The small town sheriff talking to some snot-nosed kid with a blurry smart-phone photo of something with big teeth isn’t going to suddenly ignore their lifetime of skepticism, years of negative experiences with this particular snot-nosed kid, and suddenly take up arms and go charging into the woods to hunt werewolves. More likely the sheriff will think the kid’s high and dismiss him or lock him up for everyone’s safety. Again, if someone’s a believer they will believe you, regardless of your lack of evidence. If someone’s a skeptic they will not believe you, regardless of your mountain of evidence. [/QUOTE]
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