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If we make a commitment, especially in public, we’re significantly more likely to be congruent with it

In the first-year critical thinking course I teach, I set the stage with a point about rhetoric: persuasion is everywhere, and awareness is the first step in thwarting undesired manipulation. So it was with great interest that I listened to the most recent 2-part episode of the Hidden Brain podcast, called simply Persuasion. Over 98 …

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