Sana Khadar

This isn't just Kurt's opinion, it's what research from his lab has found across several studies.

And let me just give you one example.

So in one study, they would have a researcher grab two passerbys on the university campus and raise the topic of gun control with these two people.

Now, one of these people would be a random, and the other would actually be a research assistant, someone who was in on the study.

And whatever the random person thought about gun control, the assistant would take the opposing view.

Right.

And yeah, you can't tell her that event didn't happen, i.e.

those facts aren't real.

That's her story.

That's harder to kind of fight against.

And that taps into your personal empathy, I suppose.

And if you don't have a personal story of harm, how do you engage in that conversation in a way that still maintains that respect and like empathy?

Specifically deep questions, which are questions that get at a person's values, beliefs, and experiences.

We covered deep questions in a whole lot more detail in an episode last year on super communicators, which was super popular.

And so if you want to learn more about deep questions, we'll link to that episode in our show notes.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah?

Okay.

What does that mean?

Right.