Reply #30: The effect on the listener [View All]

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Consider your goal. Are you simply trying to be right or are you trying to convey an idea to someone? When approaching someone you have to think about how they are going to hear what you say. The goal hopefully is to convey knowledge to them. If it is parsed in such a way that they are going to reject your ideas then you have failed.

This is not necissarily about being right or wrong. This is about the Art of discussion. The flow of ideas. It is about how the mind works and not taking the mind into consideration is a sure route to failure.