What are we convinced by?

What are we convinced by?

What is required for something to be convincing to us?

It helps if something appeals to Intuition, and perhaps in combination with these three factors.

  1. Physical observation
  1. Mental visualization
  1. Social agreement

One can consider the example of why we feel convinced that 2 + 2 = 4 and not 2 + 2 = 3.^[ Rationality, From A to Z#^3c3d73]