Julian Barnes opens Changing My Mind, his brisk new book about our unruly intellects, with a quote famously attributed to the economist John Maynard Keynes: “When the facts change, I change my mind.” ...

How to change your mind — and the minds of the people around you, according to experts - IN DEPTH: How do you argue with your family in a productive way? How can you make sure your own belief system ...

Some books aren’t just stories—they’re detonations. They challenge the way you see yourself, others, and the world around you. These are the books that don’t just sit on your shelf—they haunt you, ...

A few years back, I wrote a couple of pieces for this blog on how to change people’s minds, even if what they believe is categorically wrong. Cook and Lewandowsky’s (2011) debunking handbook was ...

Many would simply say “no,” stressing that God is constant and eternal; exists outside of time; and is fixed, immutable, omniscient, perfect, unchanging, etc. There are many others who point out that ...

In one of my recent posts, How to Change People’s Minds, I discussed the great difficulties we often face when trying to change someone’s mind - the premise of the piece began with the assumption that ...

Positive thinking affects more than the mind. Changing your perception can lengthen your lifespan, improve your heart health and even reduce the risk of death from cancer, according to the Mayo Clinic ...

Why is changing one’s mind so hard? We all have deeply held beliefs, some of which remain so unshakeable that even when faced with contradictory evidence, we will still discount undisputed facts.