Relying that your opponent does a mistake is not a super reliable strategy. If someone reads your story and uses it as inspiration to start an argument they might end up in a situation where the actual person doesn’ t make that mistake. That could feel a lot more like “shooting yourself in the face in an argument” rather than “demolishing an argument”.
Argument methods that work because of misdirection arguably don’t serve truth very well or work very indirectly (being deceptive makes it rewarding for the other to be keen).
Most people have reasons for their stances. Their point might be louzy or unimportant but usually one exists. If he truly doesn’ t have a point then there is no specific story to tell. As author you have the options of him having a story or not meaning anything with his words but not both.
Well, I’m not offering a general-purpose debate-winning tactic. I’m offering a basic sanity check that happens to demolish most arguments because humans are bad at thinking and have trouble even forming coherent claims.
Relying that your opponent does a mistake is not a super reliable strategy. If someone reads your story and uses it as inspiration to start an argument they might end up in a situation where the actual person doesn’ t make that mistake. That could feel a lot more like “shooting yourself in the face in an argument” rather than “demolishing an argument”.
Argument methods that work because of misdirection arguably don’t serve truth very well or work very indirectly (being deceptive makes it rewarding for the other to be keen).
Most people have reasons for their stances. Their point might be louzy or unimportant but usually one exists. If he truly doesn’ t have a point then there is no specific story to tell. As author you have the options of him having a story or not meaning anything with his words but not both.
Well, I’m not offering a general-purpose debate-winning tactic. I’m offering a basic sanity check that happens to demolish most arguments because humans are bad at thinking and have trouble even forming coherent claims.