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Jun 2024
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How to win any argument (according to a ...

Phill Agnew
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I guarantee that the words you use to win arguments are ineffective. I don’t think you’re a lousy persuader, I think we all are. Today, world-leading neuroscientist Tali Sharot shares her decade-long research into persuasion. She tells me that the way I argue is ineffective and reveals how to win any argument. 


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Tali’s book, Look Again: https://tinyurl.com/5n8p3btb

Tali’s lab: https://affectivebrain.com/?page_id=161

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