November 2021 Bar Bulletin
We have all become too accustomed to cries of “fake news!” or “alt facts” as a common response to new or counterintuitive information. Many social and political arguments end up as two separate conversations — one for people who believe and a separate and entirely independent conversation for people who deny. There is often no commonality and no commingling between the two conversations. They look, sound, and act like two entirely different animals. We can look and find plenty of examples from “COVID is fake/real” to “the Earth is flat/round” to “Climate change is happening/not happening.” It is fair to wonder if persuasion is still...