I can't agree with the posts that suggest that by taking the time to write here, we don't change minds. I can't be the only one who learns something from these posts other than ideas to buttress my own conclusions.

Sometimes, there is new information here, something I just didn't know, or an insight phrased with enough experience and care so that it is more than the repetition of a half-digested idea picked up from a magazine article or a television show. Perhaps I misunderstood. Maybe people weren't saying that changing others ideas is not really possible by communicating your own ideas, insights and reasoning. Wouldn't living there be living on a very bleak landscape?

I'll phrase this differently. How do you think people are convinced to change their minds?

Sourdough