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How to Avoid Sabotaging Yourself in an Argument
A thread on what you should avoid:
A thread on what you should avoid:
The Usual Disclaimer:
This is not an "ethical" or "morally correct" thread.
Miss me with that shit.
Let's start.
This is not an "ethical" or "morally correct" thread.
Miss me with that shit.
Let's start.
I often talk about how to win an argument, I have quite a few threads on that topic.
But I've never written on what makes people lose arguments.
So here are the things that make you sound weak and unconvincing.
Again:
Nothing about this thread is "morally correct".
But I've never written on what makes people lose arguments.
So here are the things that make you sound weak and unconvincing.
Again:
Nothing about this thread is "morally correct".
-Letting The Opposite Point Dictate the Conversation
When in an argument, you have to realize that the more you let the other person make their point and develop their ideas.
The more you allow that to happen, the more you get into their frame of thinking.
Slippery slope.
When in an argument, you have to realize that the more you let the other person make their point and develop their ideas.
The more you allow that to happen, the more you get into their frame of thinking.
Slippery slope.
The more you allow the other point to be made and proven, the harder it is going to be for you to make your own point.
So, you have to know when and how to interrupt without being too aggressive.
The next tweet shows you how to do that.
So, you have to know when and how to interrupt without being too aggressive.
The next tweet shows you how to do that.
When to interrupt:
-When They Slow Down
-When They Pause
-When They Send Non-Verbal Signals
Be on the look out for pattern interruption.
Bounce back on the times they seem to lose track of their own point.
Their own confusion will force them to allow you to speak.
-When They Slow Down
-When They Pause
-When They Send Non-Verbal Signals
Be on the look out for pattern interruption.
Bounce back on the times they seem to lose track of their own point.
Their own confusion will force them to allow you to speak.
Here is what you shouldn't do though.
Notice how Piers interrupts without getting full grasp of the point being made @Cobratate isn't fumbling or looking for his words.
That allows Andrew to have an answer for Piers' "points" because Piers interrupts at the wrong time
Notice how Piers interrupts without getting full grasp of the point being made @Cobratate isn't fumbling or looking for his words.
That allows Andrew to have an answer for Piers' "points" because Piers interrupts at the wrong time
This takes us to our next point:
-Understand the point being made before interrupting.
Because if you just jump in the conversation just like Piers Morgan did in the above example, you will face an unexpectedly well-constructed argument.
Which cancels your whole point.
-Understand the point being made before interrupting.
Because if you just jump in the conversation just like Piers Morgan did in the above example, you will face an unexpectedly well-constructed argument.
Which cancels your whole point.
- Stay Rational and Logical is a MISTAKE
"An emotional argument has never been won by logic"
Understand this:
You have to put some bad faith in it.
"An emotional argument has never been won by logic"
Understand this:
You have to put some bad faith in it.
- Answering Questions will get you framed:
It's very simple.
When in an argument, people will ask you question to direct the topic of the conversation towards what they want.
But any answer you will give will potentially be used against you.
How do you avoid answering tho?
It's very simple.
When in an argument, people will ask you question to direct the topic of the conversation towards what they want.
But any answer you will give will potentially be used against you.
How do you avoid answering tho?
ASK A QUESTION BACK!
If the person in front starts questioning you, you either ask another question or completely refuse to be "interrogated"
If you go with the latter, a simple "What's your point here?" will suffice
Make them expose their bad faith.
If the person in front starts questioning you, you either ask another question or completely refuse to be "interrogated"
If you go with the latter, a simple "What's your point here?" will suffice
Make them expose their bad faith.
- Avoid Butterfly Logic:
What does it mean?
A type of flawed reasoning that assumes a causal relationship between two events based solely on their perceived connection.
What does it mean?
A type of flawed reasoning that assumes a causal relationship between two events based solely on their perceived connection.
This can lead to the false belief that one event caused the other, or that there is a direct relationship between the two.
It is often based on the assumption that if two things are connected, they must be causally related.
But why avoid it?
It is often based on the assumption that if two things are connected, they must be causally related.
But why avoid it?
Because it makes your argument inconsistent.
The truth is, in order to "win" an argument; you must focus on making the other person lose the argument.
The more you try to prove your point, the less credible you are.
Destroy the opposite point instead.
How to do it?
The truth is, in order to "win" an argument; you must focus on making the other person lose the argument.
The more you try to prove your point, the less credible you are.
Destroy the opposite point instead.
How to do it?
- Point out inconsistencies and look for instances where they use butterfly logic.
- Question every information they take as "fact"
- Double down on the questioning and doubting
In short, make them do what you avoid doing.
If all that fails, check out my pinned thread.
- Question every information they take as "fact"
- Double down on the questioning and doubting
In short, make them do what you avoid doing.
If all that fails, check out my pinned thread.
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