Not often enough to justify my use of the word “often”, so I’ll change that. Sample size of 2. “Effective” as a better way of getting out of a fruitless discussion than refusing to discuss it or waiting it out; no changing of minds was observed.
Framing it as a way to resolve an argument was mostly a narrative device for making people aware of this common logical inconsistency, which I usually see in written text where I don’t have the chance to argue back.
Have you tried doing this in an actual argument, or seen it used effectively by someone else?
Not often enough to justify my use of the word “often”, so I’ll change that. Sample size of 2. “Effective” as a better way of getting out of a fruitless discussion than refusing to discuss it or waiting it out; no changing of minds was observed.
Framing it as a way to resolve an argument was mostly a narrative device for making people aware of this common logical inconsistency, which I usually see in written text where I don’t have the chance to argue back.
You said misanthropes and bleeding hearts. Do you only have one sample of each, or none of one?