Most people would get people to agree with their ideas without any kind of argument. Just imagine if you could express any idea to any person, and they would look at you like it was the greatest idea ever, and they would be glad you suggested. The trick is to slip ideas into their unconscious mind.
What would you suggest to people? Who would you suggest it to? I can think of a few ways!
The truth is that this is much, much easier than people imagine. Most of us assume we need to use some kind of logic, or try and prove our point beyond a shadow of a doubt, like some TV courtroom scene where you have tons of evidence and a long eloquent speech.
The truth is that people are very, very illogical. That includes me, and that includes you.
But we think we are logical. We come to a conclusion, based on illogical and emotional information, and then convince ourselves it was due to logic.
Next time you hear a couple of people arguing about something that you don't care one way or the other about, listen to how they argue. If you look closely, you'll see their "logic" isn't much different than a couple of kids on the playground:
"Uh uh!"
"Ya Huh!"
So, what's the secret? One way is through the powerful techniques of covert hypnosis.
Specifically, a linguistic pattern called "linguistic presuppositions." This is when you structure a sentence so that the only way you can make sense of the sentence is by assuming a couple of things are true .
Take this sentence for example:
"I have a dog."
Now, you could believe that I had a dog, or you could not believe I had a dog. If I was trying to convince you that I had a dog, I would be relying on your decision to believe me. Not a strong way to convince somebody.
Now consider this sentence:
"My dog is the fastest dog in the world."
The main "idea" of this sentence is that my dog is very fast. In order to agree or disagree that my dog is the fastest dog in the world, you have to accept that I have a dog. Now, if my whole point was to convince you that I had a dog, the second sentence would do a much better job than the first sentence.
This is just one example of a linguistic presupposition. There's about twenty different specific structures, which you can use to wrap around your ideas so they'll go uncontested into the minds of your listeners and readers.
