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SeanRyno t1_iv0x4xe wrote

Be well read in the logical fallacies.

Know them so you can avoid them even(especially) when you're evaluating perspectives in your own head.

Know them so you catch yourself making them.

Know them so you recognize when others are making a bad argument.

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thegfactor1339 t1_iv2i28k wrote

Be open to the possibility that you are wrong, almost certainly about some things, likely about many things, this will allow you to learn something from the other person as well as help you not to joust lecture them. Find some sort of common ground. You probably don't disagree about everything and you are probably driven ultimately by the same basic motivations with disagreements about how to get there.

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SeanRyno t1_iv2xf24 wrote

The loser of an argument is the person who was right and learned nothing. The winner was the person who was wrong and learned better.

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