What are we convinced by?

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What are we convinced by?

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What is required for something to be convincing to us?

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It helps if something appeals to intuition, and perhaps in combination with these three factors.

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  1. Physical observation
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  1. Mental visualization
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  1. Social agreement
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One can consider the example of why we feel convinced that 2 + 2 = 4 and not 2 + 2 = 3.^[ rationality, from a to z#^3c3d73]

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