Sounds like a cultural thing. More educated audiences find a speaker who discusses arguments that disagree with him more credible; less educated audiences find that speaker less credible. So they tell you the kind of story that would convince them, not you.
Sounds like a cultural thing. More educated audiences find a speaker who discusses arguments that disagree with him more credible; less educated audiences find that speaker less credible. So they tell you the kind of story that would convince them, not you.