Message from @Ben Garrison

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2018-05-01 07:41:25 UTC  

The first debater came really well prepared. Like, he was a smart guy who knew his stuff and was comfortable with logic and debate

2018-05-01 07:41:35 UTC  

The second debater was smart too

2018-05-01 07:41:40 UTC  

He knew as much as the other guy

2018-05-01 07:41:56 UTC  

okay but lets say the second guy knew jack shit

2018-05-01 07:41:56 UTC  

But then...the second guy stole the show when he made a joke about his opponent being bald

2018-05-01 07:42:03 UTC  

No hold on

2018-05-01 07:42:30 UTC  

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

2018-05-01 07:42:33 UTC  

Humor is so so so persuasive

2018-05-01 07:42:42 UTC  

The second he had the audience laughing...he won

2018-05-01 07:42:53 UTC  

And the first debater afterwards was so frustrated

2018-05-01 07:43:03 UTC  

He was like "omg why didn't they listen to my arguments?"

2018-05-01 07:43:21 UTC  

And he realized later what happened after he talked to a guy I learned a lot from Scott Adams

2018-05-01 07:43:26 UTC  

The debater was Stefan Molyneux

2018-05-01 07:43:37 UTC  

yeah that guy is a fucking moron

2018-05-01 07:43:49 UTC  

Lol is he?

2018-05-01 07:43:57 UTC  

Or is that your cognitive dissonance kicking in?

2018-05-01 07:44:00 UTC  

See?

2018-05-01 07:44:04 UTC  

Tricky stuff

2018-05-01 07:44:06 UTC  

not cognitive dissonance but my bias

2018-05-01 07:44:09 UTC  

He's really not stupid, he just says a lot of disagreeable things

2018-05-01 07:44:23 UTC  

To you, that is

2018-05-01 07:44:29 UTC  

cognitive dissonance leads to a rationalization. Your rationalization was "I'm just biased"

2018-05-01 07:44:30 UTC  

He's not stupid

2018-05-01 07:44:35 UTC  

that's cog dis

2018-05-01 07:44:39 UTC  

I'll take that back

2018-05-01 07:44:41 UTC  

like, textbook

2018-05-01 07:44:44 UTC  

Oh

2018-05-01 07:44:48 UTC  

He's just wrong

2018-05-01 07:44:51 UTC  

on many accounts

2018-05-01 07:45:07 UTC  

So he's not stupid....but he's stupid enough to be wrong a lot?

2018-05-01 07:45:13 UTC  

that doesn't seem to make sense

2018-05-01 07:45:19 UTC  

Wrong in what way?

2018-05-01 07:45:28 UTC  

On issues of immigration

2018-05-01 07:45:33 UTC  

saying someone is wrong or stupid doesnt mean anything. Give examples

2018-05-01 07:45:44 UTC  

The lone penguin is back

2018-05-01 07:46:01 UTC  

Should've said waddled back

2018-05-01 07:46:05 UTC  

DAMN IT

2018-05-01 07:46:11 UTC  

Missed opportunity

2018-05-01 07:46:14 UTC  

Yep

2018-05-01 07:46:16 UTC  

damn

2018-05-01 07:46:18 UTC  

nice one though