What does it take to change a mind? | Lucinda Beaman | TEDxSydney

As fact check editor at The Conversation, Lucinda Beaman sees first-hand the conflict between facts and beliefs. She offers a framework for understanding how we process information and how we can connect with those who disagree with us. Lucinda Beaman is passionate about evidence-based journalism. She seeks to improve public debate by making accurate information accessible to as many people as possible. Lucinda is FactCheck editor at The Conversation, where she works with academic experts to tackle misinformation and test claims made by Australian leaders against the evidence.
With more than 14 years in the industry, her experience spans work as a journalist, editor, video producer and presenter for leading Australian and international publications, reporting on politics and society, world news and financial services. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@wolfferoni]

This is a good tedtalk but I kept looking at the background and thinking about how much of a pain it would be to clean all those holes

[@marianagella9007]

We’re T We

[@rakvian]

I'm always in that illusions that I'm very open minded, I'm not so much as I think I am. Even though I love to learn something new or realize that I had a bias I didn't see before.

[@LughSummerson]

You can't change the facts to agree with you, but you can change yourself to agree with the facts.

[@DeathValleyDazed]

Well the mainstream media is giving it a bloody good try.

[@helenbothma2124]

Great talk Lucinda, thought provoking. If we listened more and were really interested in the Why people think and believe what they do our world would be a much kinder place

[@JulieTrangTruong]

These Ted videos have changed my life

[@KpR333]

^You're not listening

[@ikmalaxl5286]

Julie Trang Truong it doesn't :)

[@nurezamahendra1499]

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[@DeathValleyDazed]

Please be clear, for the better or the worse? In what way specifically?

[@giusyocchipinti598]

Her speech was really interesting. Most of the time, we're not open-minded and the main reason is our beliefs. Why don't try to listen to other? Thanks for sharing.

[@Zahlenteufel1]

Listening to understand is good in theory but if you try it in the TED comments or any internet comments you will just get frustrated as trolls don't actually have a point.

[@Pugpono]

Discernment is your next best option.

[@Spectre4490]

Sometimes i meeting people in the internet who change my mind. They do it with argue and calm conversation, it`s realy cool to know that this people are exist. But almost 80% disputes ends with no effect, because people always have own look and change it after 2-10 years.

[@Pugpono]

Spectre 944 Perception and a paradigm shift is what you described in the last sentence. I love reading material from Steven Covey and Hyrum Smith whom go into detail about this kind of stuff. I agree with what you said.

[@merrick926]

@@Spectre4490 that is why i spam facebook :-) i can look back at the years and see how i evolved with new information

[@mtm00]

Really good. Thank you, Lucinda.

[@AliceWooonderland]

Great talk! Haven't heard such a good tedxtalk in weeks!

[@Lobster16763]

Thank god. After a long long time here comes an intelligent speech, a true stuff worth to listen and a good/sound reason to subscribe TEDx, ha..ha.. Thumps Up, Lady! Namaste from India. 🙏

[@snacklofter]

Some very good points - thank you.

[@samuelmello8779]

As palestras do Tedx são as melhores. So que vcs poderiam colocar a legenda brasileira por favor se puderem. Nós iríamos ficar acradecidos e outra daria mais flexibilidade aos telespectadores brasileiros.

[@em11111]

Great advert for The Conversation, but the title was clickbait.

[@mirnacalderon9380]

Amazing video thank you really true

[@diegogutierrez317]

She is a great speaker, a really good one

[@burhancelikbas6658]

The concept is stunning

[@GailanMAzeez]

Incredible talk!

[@AirElegant]

It's takes your feeling to change

[@temp4lifetv]

Great one

[@WarpathHatred]

I think this is dangerously close to being mistitled.

[@michellebadillo7574]

Yes!

[@stuarthall2523]

Quite thought provoking.

[@er.piyushpandeytrainerb.te4661]

So Great

[@samjanasorup6251]

so nice

[@jawadali8729]

Good effort by young intellectual lady.

[@Thinkpositivebepositive1]

Changing old beliefs with the new one, changing your thinking, focusin on positive thinking

[@onewomanslife]

The number one most topical issue these days. Thank you so much. Very nicely presented. Trust Respect Empathy Vulnerability Courage Quality information. A tall order- but doable. One point, though, when I emailed one of your authors on an issue- so that I would not humiliate her publicly in the comment section- where she wrote misinformation that diminished a country- where I presented the FACTS in which I was personally involved.- (my son was almost murdered in a third country) and that is more than a little memorable) THE CONVERSATION had me BANNED. So much for FACT CHECKS. PS- I was neither rude or threatening to her and she was supported without QUALIFICATION when she had misled the world on that topic). You chose to ban me from your community. SERIOUSLY. You imposed banishment- is that ISOLATION? Your turn to apply your topic.

[@tellurianapostle]

Debra Smith you can ban people through emails?

[@onewomanslife]

Hi Big, I was subscribed to the Conversation, emailed the author by finding her online (she was a student in England from Mexico) and wrote to her. She whined to the Conversation. They banned me.

[@tellurianapostle]

That sucks Debra.

[@onewomanslife]

I think it is disappointing- mostly because they never corrected the lies.

[@matthewgrant2785]

Truth

[@fortunateone6857]

OKAY, I’M REALLY PERPLEXED! A wonderful presentation, excellent points, nothing controversial. Everything she said makes sense. THERE ARE ACTUALLY 45 PEOPLE WHO DON’T LIKE THIS TED TALK! What’s not to like? How could anybody NOT like this talk is beyond comprehension. There is an old adage that says that you can please some of the people some of the time but you can’t please all of the people all of the time. To that I would add, if you ever do please everyone all of the time somebody…….somebody isn’t going to like it! There you have it. 45 people can’t be pleased no matter what. Don’t worry be happy. Lol J.

[@SingingblissofRajat]

Fortunate One Consider my point of view. I am substantially unimpressed by her. The racial torture on white farmers in SA is real. Is there any reason to believe that is not the case? There were many fake photos of children of syria, gaza as these things are flooded in social media to create a fad. Oh she is talking about Snopes oh my bleeding heart! Snopes fact checked the baby in blue t behind fence then called it mixture, instead of calling it false or incorrect. The evidence suggest wage gap is not 23% and not from oppression. Evidence suggests socialism has failed in all unsupported sceneries. We need to be curious about why capitalism works, is there a coexistence potential for good governance and profit? How can we improve work environment for women without bankrupting organizations? How do we get people who have had an actual education instead of gender studies make and talk about policy? There are thing I want to comment about this piece - a) form over content b) the virtue signalling is strong with this one ...

[@DeathValleyDazed]

@@SingingblissofRajat - Mostly agree with your analysis. When she moved on after explaining the injured child photo, I asked "so are you going to explain that farmer torture in South Africa is real or not?" Nope, just moved right on. In her defense she made a few solid points but overall feels more like a rah rah rah piece and if there is evidence based, scientifically proof of her concepts she did not cite references. I'm off to check here website to see if they've improved their fact checking protocols vs. being bought off or captured by contrary forces.

[@XOPOIIIO]

I can change my mind if I'm wrong, but I need a proof to be sure I'm wrong. The problem is people don't want to hear facts.

[@davidsweeney111]

I would be terrified speaking to all those people!

[@zanyalchemist838]

Awesome! After all - what's the use of having a mind if you can't change it?!

[@DeathValleyDazed]

Never heard this quote but love it.

[@Rizwankhatri786]

Time has transformed we can change but currently era its very difficult specifically for destitute people bcoz they have a major problem that's ' wealth' if you have wealth a lots so many things became easy due to wealth people has forgotten their principle, values, moral so try to manage your self and don't leave your job work don't matter this job is giving you low earning but let's do it continue....

[@sandorrezmann1055]

Hey Lucinda!! Gotta research some material, I wanna change some minds.

[@deanjoseph123]

I am South African. That picture...yes it was falsified...but that does not negate the violent and barbaric acts of cruelty against white farmers.

[@Fromdeno]

I think the point is presenting fake evidence can mislead the conversation and make both sides wrong and in turn this can lead both sides to resolve the actual issues poorly. While, yes it’s happening, mishandling facts can lead to extremism on either side. for example: one side can easily try to then sway this to try and persuade others to act cruelly in return and thus cause more innocent children harm (literally all of history;) and then on the other hand the other side can try to discredit, shift blame, avoid responsibility and hide behind ‘falsified over exaggerated’ stories.

[@user-tu7yg9dz6n]

yes this is a very unsuitable example

[@jctr4559]

@@user-tu7yg9dz6n She was coming from a liberal predisposition. In other words her facts could be in question. Her clients are main stream media, so their you have it.

[@terrylick5908]

open mind is always the best way in life. as there's always another way to do things even better than what we have been educated to do... 👍

[@williamdevonshire356]

i say why argue... let the peopel who disagreew ith you disagree and let them livetheir own lives... this is why i advocate anarcho capitalism

[@chrisvb4387]

The problem isn't a lack of understanding of the opponent's argument most of the time. When people disagree with a more knowledgeable person with a well founded explanation or argument/refutation, it's just mostly due to plain ignorance, stupidity and stubbornness... usually brought forward by a religious upbringing/indoctrination. Facts speak for themselves, a working system that verifies and validates claims, what counts as evidence and what doesn't. These are things most people fail to take into account.

[@sarp2622]

How can I find music in the video?

[@rathindranathnag8173]

Kirtan by suman

[@sarp2622]

RATHINDRA NATH Nag Music that plays when the video starts?

[@EatinBubsy]

Especially weird comments section on this one.

[@SuperAtheist]

how do you quantify open mindedness?

[@woritsez]

the Hebb and Penfield's of this world are still looking into it

[@hissendaud653]

Lucinda Your Words are Nice Just Like You

[@satyamgaming8591]

73 views and 97 likes wow

[@carolelafolle3800]

dat intro

[@xxepicgamerxx5560]

Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother, having made some cakes, said to her, "Go, my dear, and see how your grandmother is doing, for I hear she has been very ill. Take her a cake, and this little pot of butter." Little Red Riding Hood set out immediately to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village. As she was going through the wood, she met with a wolf, who had a very great mind to eat her up, but he dared not, because of some woodcutters working nearby in the forest. He asked her where she was going. The poor child, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, "I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother." "Does she live far off?" said the wolf "Oh I say," answered Little Red Riding Hood; "it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village." "Well," said the wolf, "and I'll go and see her too. I'll go this way and go you that, and we shall see who will be there first." The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers. It was not long before the wolf arrived at the old woman's house. He knocked at the door: tap, tap. "Who's there?" "Your grandchild, Little Red Riding Hood," replied the wolf, counterfeiting her voice; "who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter sent you by mother." The good grandmother, who was in bed, because she was somewhat ill, cried out, "Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up." The wolf pulled the bobbin, and the door opened, and then he immediately fell upon the good woman and ate her up in a moment, for it been more than three days since he had eaten. He then shut the door and got into the grandmother's bed, expecting Little Red Riding Hood, who came some time afterwards and knocked at the door: tap, tap. "Who's there?" Little Red Riding Hood, hearing the big voice of the wolf, was at first afraid; but believing her grandmother had a cold and was hoarse, answered, "It is your grandchild Little Red Riding Hood, who has brought you a cake and a little pot of butter mother sends you." The wolf cried out to her, softening his voice as much as he could, "Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up." Little Red Riding Hood pulled the bobbin, and the door opened. The wolf, seeing her come in, said to her, hiding himself under the bedclothes, "Put the cake and the little pot of butter upon the stool, and come get into bed with me." Little Red Riding Hood took off her clothes and got into bed. She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes, and said to her, "Grandmother, what big arms you have!" "All the better to hug you with, my dear." "Grandmother, what big legs you have!" "All the better to run with, my child." "Grandmother, what big ears you have!" "All the better to hear with, my child." "Grandmother, what big eyes you have!" "All the better to see with, my child." "Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!" "All the better to eat you up with." And, saying these words, this wicked wolf fell upon Little Red Riding Hood, and ate her all up.

[@JuffruyBuruthuun]

Good talk. However, the example of the false accusation story closes minds for exactly the reasons you talk about in this video

[@jctr4559]

That is correct, her example of the young girl reflected a pro liberal bias. She should have then used a pro conservative fact check. She works for a media agency for fees from main stream media, I am assuming. So it appears on the surface anyway that she leans with a liberal bias, and then concocts her facts.

[@ZoeMondragon]

Chance our mind it's really dificult because we are blind to change...

[@sahilsinghrajput3384]

8:27

[@smitthummar6839]

Thinking nececary will change our regular life fundamental

[@woritsez]

attractive well spoken people are fairly easy to listen to

[@claping9541]

I think it’s impossible to change a mind. No one is open minded and everyone’s grown up living in a family that has been hammering an idea into a mind since you were born and for some random person to change how you think would be impossible

[@TheGreatAgnostic]

It is possible, lots of people (myself included) have changed their mind on deeply held beliefs. For myself, I left my religion when the conflict between my values and the fact and my deeply held beliefs became salient and I couldn't get rid of the dissonance without revisiting them. It can be rate and is difficult, but not impossible.

[@bezersleepreia6228]

This is how to change your mind--not how to change someone else's

[@catsupchutney]

I agree with hot scientist.

[@Brucey]

*The answer to that 99% of the time is money, unfortunately it can change people*

[@lobstercation1713]

Money makes people compromise their view not change it.

[@Saya31799]

BruceThe OTHER say .

[@Saya31799]

Lobster Cation good

[@guilhermevaz8833]

Westworld

[@honeypreet8908]

Guilherme Vaz yes intro was almost same

[@Sudarshan_s_1997]

My first comments

[@wayneblackraven7286]

Be yourself and be normal

[@decube9614]

Ive had a crazy grandma talk 5 2 secs ago...

[@daveburnham1058]

Open debate

[@aanabon]

These holes are triggering my trypophobia :(

[@malachiteheart1676]

Aana Kotoff boo hoo hoo

[@aanabon]

Lol

[@AAA-du8xm]

Shut up

[@aanabon]

AAA 305 lol

[@upgrade1583]

Lucinda - If you struggle to undersatnd why people disagree with you, then maybe they're smarter than you.

[@vinnyschoell1646]

I bet this is for a bunch of adults, but my teacher had use do a paper on this

[@vijayvarman6830]

Why does it feels like she's completely nervous.. ?

[@VaughnMalecki]

Totally discredited yourself for claiming that snopes is a reliable fact checking source.

[@ozanerdogan9914]

that background is really distracting tho

[@AzngameFreak03]

Shrooms and a lot of pain.

[@NidgeDFX]

I don't trust snopes (her reference). It's like crooked cops but for fact checking.

[@daveburnham1058]

Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump

[@xiimSid]

Trypophhobia triggering background behind

[@daveburnham1058]

Lots lately Steven crouder change my mind

[@aliciawatre7508]

Is she wearing them Teva Uggs?

[@daveburnham1058]

Vote ukip

[@unryu1]

In women's case, first is listen.

[@corymc92]

The earth is flat. Change my mind

[@EWDrums]

Steven Mcelwee No. you’re more fun thinking the earth is flat! Lol

[@corymc92]

Eric Wood I don't think its flat. I know its flat. You think we live on a ball. Why? Because you believe everything you're told.

[@EWDrums]

Hmm, are you asking me if I believe everything I’m told, or telling me? You ended your last sentence with period. Regardless, no I don’t believe everything I’m told. But I’d love to see the science behind your belief, if in fact your telling me the truth! I was trying to be funny so I apologize if you didn’t get that.

[@EWDrums]

But, to answer your question, my short answer is NASA.

[@LughSummerson]

All flat Earthers are trolls. Nobody genuinely believes that the Earth is flat.

[@akarshitachandra3971]

FIRST!

[@yaserksa0034]

زق

[@KonsiAimee]

monotone

[@lorenzonotarianni1667]

Hilary Clinton ..even if im in Italy :)

[@Runs_with_Scissors]

Italians are still facist I see.

[@corymc92]

Cant fact check flat earth.

[@mastercheif1989]

I'm sorry but I need to fact-check this.

[@arizonainformationtechnolo6441]

Snopes! ha ted is getting ridiculous

[@robertcaldwell2107]

Says the guy with trump as his avatar.

[@arizonainformationtechnolo6441]

Robert Caldwell did u just assume I'm a GUY. I was a theybie how dare you.. wake up sister, All your friends are

[@robertcaldwell2107]

Marco 777 try again. This time try to make sense.

[@arizonainformationtechnolo6441]

Just do your own research big pimpin' and wake up all your friends when you get woke

[@TimmacTR]

A right-wing mind? Arguments and persuation A left-wing mind? Nothing.

[@KpR333]

People who find a way to bring politics into every discussion are parasitic

[@TimmacTR]

Parasitic to what? xD You can't even explain what you think.. xD Oh, and btw this video is political in case your brain didn't realize..

[@KpR333]

I figured it was pretty obvious that I meant you are parasitic to HUMANKIND, guess I was wrong. This video is not political, it is informational and influential. This is from the TedTalks website itself, "TED Talks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, ". Like she said some people will refuse the truth even with facts. Good day 😎

[@TimmacTR]

There's nothing that proves your opinion has any value, there's no argument in it, so it's invalid.. Idiotic leftist defeated.. xD

[@femiairboy94]

Oh common man, did you learn anything from the video?

[@lagaman11]

I'm sorry, but she has obviously never tried to have a political conversation with a Trump Supporter. Don't get me wrong, every word she says is logical, rational, and makes perfect sense, but trying to use reason and logic with a Trump/Russian/Republican is like trying to build a house with rubber nails.

[@DeathValleyDazed]

You inadvertently just proved the premise of her talk. LOL

[@vladasbutkus9751]

These are disagreements on the level of values. You consider your interests and life values ​​to be the only true ones. Here is the answer. The glass is half full or half empty...?

[@sahilsinghrajput3384]

9:25