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Sep 4Liked by Mike Freedman

Mike - terrific reporting - intriguing, well balanced and strange - great combo, thanks

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Thanks for listening, Baz! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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Sep 4Liked by Mike Freedman

I really learned a lot from that Mike - your interviewing style, how you listen seemingly without prejudice and in good faith elicits interesting responses. Your conversation with Jeff was particularly good, asking what evidence would an adherent on a held position need to change their view is effective - mind if I use that in future conversations myself? (loved The Biden 5th or 6th clone bit)

The last speaker was possibly the most erudite, had a lively intelligence and was well versed in how to defend his position from skeptics.

Thanks again for that tasty food for thought and keep up the good work.

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I'm delighted that you found it useful, Baz.

It was a genuine pleasure speaking with everyone that day, they were invariably kind, open, and patient, and even if I don't necessarily believe the same things they do, there was never an issue discussing them.

I enjoy meeting people and hearing their thoughts - it's good to try to sidestep the automatic reactions and just hear people out, and as you noticed, people respond positively to that because they recognise that they are being heard.

Please by all means try the question about whether a belief is falsifiable - it can yield fascinating results. The willingness to accept the possibility of contrary evidence is a good measure of how rationally held an opinion or belief is, in my view. When one dismisses out of hand the very thought that information might exist to disprove one's position, it's safe to say that a certain amount of calcification has set in.

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"What would change your mind?" is a spurious question if all the evidence points one way. OR to quote Sherlock Holmes: “When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

I am reminded of an English student from Costa Rica who was given an essay title "What was Hitler's Attitude to the Holocaust?". I asked her: "What are you going to say?" And she jokingly slapped her forehead and said: "Six million Jews! What was I thinking?" Researching the Globalist Agenda, I hope to be able slap my forehead and say: "95% depopulation! What was I thinking?" Sadly that day has yet to arrive.

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