"We all have to manage where we are on that trade-off, like at dinner with your family you might want to change their minds on something, but they would be mad at you if you did, so sometimes we avoid that conflict, even though it would be a little bit effective."

"What normally happens is that people update their views in the direction of information and it doesn't matter what your background is, you update a small amount in the direction of information. And even though you dislike it when it's counterattitudinal, you still update your external information."