[Note: As is obvious by the title, the article below contains mildly NSFW language.] In July, I spoke at The Amaz!ng Meeting 8 in Las Vegas. Sponsored by the James Randi Educational Foundation, it's the largest meeting of critical thinkers and skeptics in the world. Unlike my usual talks about the abuse of science that I had given at previous TAMs, this time I wanted to tackle a much thornier issue: how we skeptics argue with believers of various stripes. My first point was that we must keep in mind our goal. If it's to change the hearts and minds of people across the world, then at least as important as what we say is how we say it. And my second point was pretty simple... but you'll get to it around 24 minutes in. It's obvious enough. Here's the video. The whole thing is about a half hour long.
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