A dead-pan presentation washes out my character—and means I have to be more wordy to get across my intended message.
I would be wary of overloading your message. Consider this as a core:
“My heavily researched impression is that global warming, while somewhat concerning, is significantly less important than many other concerns.”
Now, we dress that up. Notice the impact the following change has on you:
“I, Vaniver, have heavily researched global warming, and my impression is that while it is somewhat concerning, it is significantly less important than many other concerns.”
Most of the time, putting yourself into the message reduces persuasiveness, and the places where it doesn’t probably don’t occur during abstract debates. (Persuading someone to share their lunch with you is an example of an appropriate time, but I wouldn’t call it an abstract debate.) So while some character is inevitable, I would generally seek to err on the side of suppressing it rather than expressing it.
I would be wary of overloading your message. Consider this as a core:
“My heavily researched impression is that global warming, while somewhat concerning, is significantly less important than many other concerns.”
Now, we dress that up. Notice the impact the following change has on you:
“I, Vaniver, have heavily researched global warming, and my impression is that while it is somewhat concerning, it is significantly less important than many other concerns.”
Most of the time, putting yourself into the message reduces persuasiveness, and the places where it doesn’t probably don’t occur during abstract debates. (Persuading someone to share their lunch with you is an example of an appropriate time, but I wouldn’t call it an abstract debate.) So while some character is inevitable, I would generally seek to err on the side of suppressing it rather than expressing it.