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?
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.