WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Why do you think these techniques are persuasive? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Why do you think these techniques are persuasive? en Tue, 21 May 2013 15:41:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 teamoyeniyi on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-927471 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:18:08 +0000 teamoyeniyi 927471@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Only facts and statistics are persuasive.

How could any of the others be persuasive?

Even then, as they say, "there are lies and then there are statistics" or "you can prove anything with statistics".

]]> jessielansdel on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-926005 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:35:13 +0000 jessielansdel 926005@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @mooselicker. Well that gave me a good giggle. Lol.

]]> mooselicker on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-925971 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:59:57 +0000 mooselicker 925971@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Punch me in the stomach numerous times. I'll believe anything you tell me.

]]> jessielansdel on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924768 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:47:37 +0000 jessielansdel 924768@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @onlyfragments.......LOL!

]]> onlyfragments on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924677 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:49:24 +0000 onlyfragments 924677@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What are you persuading me to do? My current rate is one first born child or the blood of a virgin.

]]> maidiebike on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924369 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:10:10 +0000 maidiebike 924369@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I took a university course on rhetoric and essay-writing. It was very rigorous -to a point where the prof. was quite blunt and brutal in his marking.

But it smartened us up. Even in the humanities where "evidence" is less empirical and not measurable evidence, there are ways to persuade in all sorts of ways.

So part of me is jaded: look to the corporate world and see where persuasion gets you. And can lead to horrible man-made / financial disasters that affect hundreds, thousands of people.

Live your life well and honestly without persuading others. If you do good, it is the best example you can give.

]]> jessielansdel on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924355 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:48:46 +0000 jessielansdel 924355@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I dislike flattery because it is false and seems obsequious to me.
Anecdotes cannot be trusted if told by anyone other than actual eye witnesses.
Rhetorical questions don't require an answer so they are, as maidiebike says lame.
Facts and statistic are a better option but there again, it has been known for people to offer false statistics to further their own agenda. Cook the books if you will. (that is not worded correctly but I guess you know what I'm driving at) lol.

]]> knwitmmnto on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924331 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:49:21 +0000 knwitmmnto 924331@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ They are persuasive because it reinforces our field of interests and provokes questions of exploration.

]]> maidiebike on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924330 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:48:57 +0000 maidiebike 924330@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ One only uses flattery if there is no other objective: because you genuinely like something.

If I said that Vancouver is beautiful with some less pleasant undersides..drug addiction amongst some folks, etc. : it's not flattery. You need to visit the place to see the truth of it.

Rhetorical questions are lame tool. A better of phrasing it more accurately, is a popular belief or assumption.

Even for you to ask these questions, I wonder if you think too much about persuasion. Life isn't persuasion. Just live your life well and share by giving back in a genuine manner to your community.

]]> raincoaster on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924156 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:35:22 +0000 raincoaster 924156@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Why?

]]> whichpersuasivetechnique on "Why do you think these techniques are persuasive?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/why-do-you-think-these-techniques-are-persuasive#post-924050 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:20:33 +0000 whichpersuasivetechnique 924050@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello. Can you please tell me why these techniques are persuasive to you?

Facts and statistics
Rhetorical questions
Anecdotes
Flattery

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