You could learn Dark Arts, to lie and deceive, or you could also use them to more effectively signal what you mean.
Like, “I want to be right” normally sounds pretty obnoxious but there are ways to state accurate beliefs that are semi-gregarious and don’t involve lying.
A few examples:
Making a show out of changing your opinion to that of the person who changed our mind in a buddy-buddy manner. “Ooooh! I get it now—you’re totally right” slap on the back, then say your few caveats.
When someone talks about their pet political issue, act apologetic and try to change the subject. The appeasement makes it hard for them to feel like you’re attacking their subject, even though you disagree.
Laughing off people who point out that you used be believe something else (then seriously addressing them). This downplays the issue and lets you seem confident even though you changed your mind.
This might be a slippery slope, but I think that there’s a difference in employing the Dark Arts to change someone else’s mind and employing them to allow yourself to be portrayed in an accurate but positive light.
You could learn Dark Arts, to lie and deceive, or you could also use them to more effectively signal what you mean.
Like, “I want to be right” normally sounds pretty obnoxious but there are ways to state accurate beliefs that are semi-gregarious and don’t involve lying.
A few examples:
Making a show out of changing your opinion to that of the person who changed our mind in a buddy-buddy manner. “Ooooh! I get it now—you’re totally right” slap on the back, then say your few caveats.
When someone talks about their pet political issue, act apologetic and try to change the subject. The appeasement makes it hard for them to feel like you’re attacking their subject, even though you disagree.
Laughing off people who point out that you used be believe something else (then seriously addressing them). This downplays the issue and lets you seem confident even though you changed your mind.
This might be a slippery slope, but I think that there’s a difference in employing the Dark Arts to change someone else’s mind and employing them to allow yourself to be portrayed in an accurate but positive light.
This is very much in line with the kind of suggestions I was searching for.