Martial arts analogy: If someone tapped out the instant contact was made when sparring, they would not learn much. If you’re wrestling, then basically every round ends with either a tap out or someone calling time.
“Huh! You’ve made a good point there. I’m going to tap out of this conversation for now, but thanks for talking with me!” That person could do a lot of updating over the course of a dozen conversations. I’m almost tempted to make a different analogy to the number of shots on goal. Maybe most of them miss, but some of them don’t, you know?
Note that too much tapping out amounts to never updating.
Martial arts analogy: If someone tapped out the instant contact was made when sparring, they would not learn much. If you’re wrestling, then basically every round ends with either a tap out or someone calling time.
“Huh! You’ve made a good point there. I’m going to tap out of this conversation for now, but thanks for talking with me!” That person could do a lot of updating over the course of a dozen conversations. I’m almost tempted to make a different analogy to the number of shots on goal. Maybe most of them miss, but some of them don’t, you know?
Debate disanalogy: an argument generally consists of a series of points, and you have to make all of them to be persuasive.