How do you convince an unwilling audience that what you’re telling them is mind-blowingly important and will change the way they live?
Is it possible that some knowledge of Jedi mind tricks would help in this task?
As I prepare for Adelaide’s ScienceOneline Watch Party 2013, I refer you to a blog post that might help you tackle this issue. The post was written by Melanie Tannenbaum in the lead-up to the ScienceOnline2013 session Persuading the unpersuadable – communicating science to deniers, cynics and trolls. We’ll be watching this session, and digesting it for our own purposes, at our Watch Party today.
Happy reading, here it is: Persuading the Unpersuadable
[image thanks to JD Hancock on flickr]
Thank you so much for linking to my post and for your interest in our session! Remember to use the #TrollTalk hash tag so Cara and I can make sure to see your questions/comments, respond, and include them in our recap after the conference
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for your comment. We’ll make sure we use the hashtag when we watch your session in about an hour or so
Bye for now,
Sarah