@mobbs, I loved the gripping narration. I am going to check out the snopes website right away.

People are more open to change if the feel they are the ones doing the searching themselves.

That's a very very important lesson there. People are inherently by reflex prone to denial. You try a new idea with your friend and the instantaneous reply will be ' mate, that won't work'. You put it forward in a way to make him feel that it is his idea, he is more likely to agree with you. That's inherent human nature I think.
I need to learn how to form my sentences and communication in order to achieve that. This is going to be interesting.