[nagonago]

The actual title is "Adversarial Collaboration: An EDGE Lecture by Daniel Kahneman". "People don't change their minds" is just the tagline, and he doesn't even actually say it in the lecture. The focus is much more on adversarial collaboration and why he thinks it is a positive thing for science.

...does that change your mind? ;)

[lovelearning]

Except he says things like:

> To a good first approximation, people simply don't change their minds about anything that matters.

> Let's start from the main domains where we know people don't change their minds — politics or religion.

Perhaps people familiar with his work interpret his statements differently. It's also understandable if this was a lecture for peers. But I'm a layperson whose only context is this article and the things he says sound absolute.

It's already an era of misinformation and low attention. We don't need content published in a way that may add to it. If there are conditions and nuances involved here, I think writers, especially scientists and professionals, and editors should include them and avoid saying anything that risks misinterpretation.

[Lewton]

How do you interpret “To a good first approximation” in this context?