articulate and engaging.
This makes his arguments less likely to be valid than equally persuasive arguments from someone inarticulate with no stage presence.
That is a trivial point, since finding a dull speaker persuasive is very unusual. Would you even spend 30 minutes listening to a boring person?
I have been interested by boring people talking about interesting ideas, yes.
I have also multi-tasked while listening to very boring people talk about moderately interesting ideas.
This makes his arguments less likely to be valid than equally persuasive arguments from someone inarticulate with no stage presence.
That is a trivial point, since finding a dull speaker persuasive is very unusual. Would you even spend 30 minutes listening to a boring person?
I have been interested by boring people talking about interesting ideas, yes.
I have also multi-tasked while listening to very boring people talk about moderately interesting ideas.