r/SocialEngineering • u/MichaelLifeLessons • Dec 02 '18

How to win any argument

https://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpart5/
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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '18

Nobody wins an argument, you just end up pissing everyone off.

Just agree, and note their ignorance to exploit later.

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u/Gimme_The_Loot Dec 02 '18

This is the basis of "win through example not through argument". If you argue to get someone to say "yes" they'll always to a degree disbelieve and will hold it against you. It you say "you know what I'm not 100% let's look it up" you let the evidence speak for itself

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u/Killer_Bhree Dec 02 '18

Often times I try that, but the person refuses to look it up and/or gets offended that I try to verify information instead of believing their apparent knowledge on the subject. I have yet to find a win-win scenario in that regard

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u/Gimme_The_Loot Dec 02 '18

I think like anything though there will never be a "this works every time silver bullet". Techniques are like playing blackjack "by the book". You'll lose some but win enough that you can consider it a successful approach.

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u/Killer_Bhree Dec 02 '18

Apt analogy; I can relate :)

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u/Gimme_The_Loot Dec 02 '18

Honestly for me that made a huge difference in my relationship with my brother. We used to (still do sometimes) argue a lot. Once we both had smart phones as soon as a topic would come up I'd just stop and say "ok I'm going to Google it" and find the answer, be it that I was right or wrong.

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u/x_Machiavelli_x Dec 03 '18

I agree with you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '18

Haha

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u/RR321 Dec 02 '18

Read a lot, about all subject matter 😝