Regarding the challenge: I suppose one of the errors made by you was using bad sources in some case, e.g. using the msn.com article for supporting Russian losses.
Regarding the article: although what is presented there is generally valid, it do not feel my understanding/defense increased in a meaningful way, as
The suggested steps are more-or-less what I already do.
Following them still gets me nerd-sniped due to the “bullshit asymmetry” principle already mentioned in another comment. If in a hostile dispute space, where one (or more) opponents are pushing an agenda and I have limited time (equal to or less than what they have) for counter-argument, this cannot be really pulled off. It is possible that my expectations are just too high though.
I think what I really liked in your dialog with Isusr was it showing how such techniques looked like when someone was using them himself. I haven’t experienced that before, especially not with that level of clarity and purposefulness.
Understood. I think this is a consensus among many comments, so probably something I should work on. I’ve broadened things to be a bit too general, and the result was that I couldn’t bring out much in the way of specific insights, as on a bigger more general level much of this is obvious.
I should probably make follow up posts addressing nerd sniping and other aspects, it would likely be more helpful. Staying within the realm of learned experiences is probably also a good call.
In any case, thanks for the feedback! I’ll do my best to act on it in subsequent posts.
Thanks for writing the post.
Regarding the challenge: I suppose one of the errors made by you was using bad sources in some case, e.g. using the msn.com article for supporting Russian losses.
Regarding the article: although what is presented there is generally valid, it do not feel my understanding/defense increased in a meaningful way, as
The suggested steps are more-or-less what I already do.
Following them still gets me nerd-sniped due to the “bullshit asymmetry” principle already mentioned in another comment. If in a hostile dispute space, where one (or more) opponents are pushing an agenda and I have limited time (equal to or less than what they have) for counter-argument, this cannot be really pulled off. It is possible that my expectations are just too high though.
I think what I really liked in your dialog with Isusr was it showing how such techniques looked like when someone was using them himself. I haven’t experienced that before, especially not with that level of clarity and purposefulness.
Thanks for reading!
Understood. I think this is a consensus among many comments, so probably something I should work on. I’ve broadened things to be a bit too general, and the result was that I couldn’t bring out much in the way of specific insights, as on a bigger more general level much of this is obvious.
I should probably make follow up posts addressing nerd sniping and other aspects, it would likely be more helpful. Staying within the realm of learned experiences is probably also a good call.
In any case, thanks for the feedback! I’ll do my best to act on it in subsequent posts.