How to win in intellectual disputes in social networks?

Question

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Probably, many of you often entered into all sorts of intellectual disputes on the Internet. It happens that the opponent has more valid arguments on the issue than you have, and then you have to capitulate or quickly draw fragments of knowledge from the network. Sometimes, even with an exhaustive stock of information on a subject, one can lose one's advantage by forgetting one or another damning argument. In general, how to work with information in order to win disputes? Are there any generally accepted approaches? Journalists must be taught this.

Answer 1

My experience shows that it is impossible to "win" an intellectual dispute, especially if this dispute is public. You can, of course, be able to look more convincing in the eyes of others, but your opponent will never admit to you that you have convinced him. In order to simply look more convincing, they often resort to “forbidden” tricks: they put pressure on the emotions of the audience, frankly juggle the facts and deliberately violate logic. And this is a sin primarily of politicians and journalists, for whom "to be convincing" means "to control public opinion." I think a self-respecting person, especially interested in "intellectual" disputes and striving for truth, and not for domination, will never resort to such methods.
Genuine persuasion happens very slowly and very implicitly.
To do this, you first need to be able to understand those basic principles based on which your opponent looks at the world and which he takes on faith - and all our basic principles are unverifiable, we are forced to take them on faith. Then you need to be able to shake its basic principles by repeatedly demonstrating those cases that cannot be described using these principles. Finally, you need to be able to come up with new basic principles by which you can look at the world and describe it in a consistent way.

Answer 2

Why waste your time on empty arguments? I think this time can be spent more productively :)

Answer 3

Do not enter into disputes if you are not sure that you will win

Answer 4

There can be only one recommendation here - do not be a fool, develop erudition and a volume of knowledge so that there is something to answer your opponent. And of course, to distinguish fiction like "the earth is flat, and you sasay" from the truth by, for example, searching for information in Google.

Answer 5

the goal is not to win disputes, but to find out the truth together.

Answer 6

Use agda , an automatic proof system .

Answer 7

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