A fascinating discussion between Scott Adams and Stefan Molyneux

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by SteveSki

Who will be the winner of tonight first presidential debate of 2016?

Trump will most likely win. Even Scott Adams has abandoned Hillary and now
endorses Trump...

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/1509194...rom-clinton-to

Thanks Steve,

Scott Adams wrote the following (from your link)...

"5. Pacing and Leading: Trump always takes the extreme position on matters of safety and security for the country, even if those positions are unconstitutional, impractical, evil, or something that the military would refuse to do. Normal people see this as a dangerous situation. Trained persuaders like me see this as something called pacing and leading. Trump “paces” the public – meaning he matches them in their emotional state, and then some. He does that with his extreme responses on immigration, fighting ISIS, stop-and-frisk, etc. Once Trump has established himself as the biggest bad-ass on the topic, he is free to “lead,” which we see him do by softening his deportation stand, limiting his stop-and-frisk comment to Chicago, reversing his first answer on penalties for abortion, and so on. If you are not trained in persuasion, Trump look scary. If you understand pacing and leading, you might see him as the safest candidate who has ever gotten this close to the presidency. That’s how I see him."

That's pretty good stuff, and a good education...

I'm not 100% sure this is a good thing for a politician to do - but there's no doubt that "pacing and leading" can work. It's probably a lot easier to do when you're one-on-one with a person, or at least with a lot of people who think alike... When you have a whole nation of diverse opinions, "pacing and leading" with one group would lead to alienation with another...

But - still a fascinating lesson!

Best wishes,

Dien

P.S. Oh, who won the debate? From what I read...

Apparently the Mexican peso won the debate!



http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?fr...to=USD&view=1D