tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post8230267918375037981..comments2024-03-28T15:17:03.077-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: BeliefsBarbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-86820522291643910662018-01-18T09:29:11.649-05:002018-01-18T09:29:11.649-05:00Thanks, everyone, for the great comments!Thanks, everyone, for the great comments!Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-22864006030171081932018-01-18T09:28:38.226-05:002018-01-18T09:28:38.226-05:00In my experience, Marianne, it is nearly impossibl...In my experience, Marianne, it is nearly impossible to change concepts/perceptions/beliefs that are very tightly held. More loosely held ones? Maybe, but people, frankly, have a hard time admitting they're wrong <i>especially</i> when they've been very vocal about something. There is public “face” that will be lost and many people cannot face that.<br /><br />The point is, though, that Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-38902588263245000332018-01-18T05:49:06.418-05:002018-01-18T05:49:06.418-05:00Donis and Eileen, interestingly I read a recent re...Donis and Eileen, interestingly I read a recent report that said the best way to change another's opinion is by sharing our opinions in normal conversation/discourse with those around us. It makes some sense, I think. Marianne Wheelaghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633342759955709312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-4120344558741603392018-01-17T21:45:47.155-05:002018-01-17T21:45:47.155-05:00Political views, too, can be as entrenched as the ...Political views, too, can be as entrenched as the views of those who believe the earth is flat. We have only to look to our recent presidential election! Everything that doesn't parse with the beliefs of some falls under the category of "fake news." Eileen Goudgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01156415980783091338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-34059471163261656112018-01-17T15:21:45.515-05:002018-01-17T15:21:45.515-05:00I read a research report a few years ago by a grou...I read a research report a few years ago by a group of university psychologists saying that when one challenges a person's deeply held beliefs, he tends to hold on to them even more tightly, even in the face of irrefutable evidence. That report has made me skeptical about my everything, even my own beliefs...Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-17723907107544222332018-01-17T12:46:25.034-05:002018-01-17T12:46:25.034-05:00Thanks for Bosch series tip, Rick! I agree TV dram...Thanks for Bosch series tip, Rick! I agree TV dramas can get away with stuff that books cant. Ultimately, as you said, it's all about making our characters credible to the reader, regardless of how crazy/evil they may seem. Marianne Wheelaghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633342759955709312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-910647472861251142018-01-17T09:23:15.004-05:002018-01-17T09:23:15.004-05:00We're currently watching the Bosch series on A...We're currently watching the Bosch series on Amazon. The first season's focal point is a serial killer who is an exceptionally vile psychopath. The actor portraying this character (Jason Gedrick) does a good job with the part, but it's only in the eighth episode (of 10) that we're being given some idea of WHY this character is behaving the way he is. It works in a TV drama, but Rick Blechtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800052815589987998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-35331204277419027562018-01-17T07:09:35.512-05:002018-01-17T07:09:35.512-05:00Oh yes. It's a good writer than can make us em...Oh yes. It's a good writer than can make us empathise with a fictional character but an especially clever one that can make us empathise with a horrible and/or apparently crazy fictional character. I'm thinking off hand of Hannibal Lecter, or more recently, Frank Griffin in the Netflix series Godless, where we are given glimpses into the man's past, revealing why a young, innocent boyMarianne Wheelaghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633342759955709312noreply@blogger.com