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While it is useful to rebut charges and get your arguments out in circulation, you have to understand that arguments and evidence have little impact on people as long as their feelings tilt them against you.
Jonathan Haidt
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Jonathan Haidt
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: October 19
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New York City
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Jonathan David Haidt
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