Message from @deng
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fair enough, but in the end it depends on the context
you can be persuasive on the merit of how logical you are such as constructing an argument that is sound
maybe not in face to face interactions
Nope, facts never persuade anyone
Because everyone has their own facts
If you convince someone though a debate or something like that....it's because you did something else to convicne them
Like, you were more well spoken, or your tie was red and your opponent had a bowtie
Literally
I disagree
those things are important
I know you do lol
but if your statements dont follow logical order then people will point it out
and make you look like a retard
You would think right?
One time I was watching a debate
And it was against two people...I forget who. But it was two really smart people, and it was a smart crowd...you know, smart people doing smart things
kek you sound like trump
The first debater came really well prepared. Like, he was a smart guy who knew his stuff and was comfortable with logic and debate
The second debater was smart too
He knew as much as the other guy
But then...the second guy stole the show when he made a joke about his opponent being bald
No hold on
The very second the topic was about that guy being bald...it wasn't so much that being bald is bad...its that the second debater made a joke
Humor is so so so persuasive
The second he had the audience laughing...he won
And the first debater afterwards was so frustrated
He was like "omg why didn't they listen to my arguments?"
And he realized later what happened after he talked to a guy I learned a lot from Scott Adams
The debater was Stefan Molyneux
yeah that guy is a fucking moron
Lol is he?
Or is that your cognitive dissonance kicking in?
See?
Tricky stuff
not cognitive dissonance but my bias
He's really not stupid, he just says a lot of disagreeable things
To you, that is
cognitive dissonance leads to a rationalization. Your rationalization was "I'm just biased"
He's not stupid
that's cog dis