Pro tip: I spent 3 hours arguing with my uncle about climate change before I tried this one trick
Every Thanksgiving my uncle and I get into it about climate change and it never goes anywhere. Last time at my parents' place in Ohio, I tried something different: I asked him what would change his mind, and he actually paused. I said, okay, if you show me one study that says X, I'll read it, and he did the same for me. We didn't agree on everything, but we actually talked for 20 minutes without yelling. Has anyone else tried setting up that kind of two-way deal in a heated debate?