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by leaflets2 1400 days ago
> If the argument is compelling and cogent, people listen.

Yes, ... Maybe ... I hope software people do; maybe they pay a bit more attention to logic and reason.

I'm otherwise reading the book "Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion", and I no longer have such high expectations :-(

> not letting people get you down.

Good point :-) (Thanks for the reply)