Yeah—argument by silliness (I think I’d describe it as finding something about the argument which can be made to sound silly) is one of the things I don’t like about normal people.
That’s why it can be such an effective tactic when persuading normal people. You can get them to commit to your side and then they rationalize themselves into believing it’s truth (which it is) because they don’t want to admit they were conned.
Yeah—argument by silliness (I think I’d describe it as finding something about the argument which can be made to sound silly) is one of the things I don’t like about normal people.
That’s why it can be such an effective tactic when persuading normal people. You can get them to commit to your side and then they rationalize themselves into believing it’s truth (which it is) because they don’t want to admit they were conned.