In casual arguments, it can be tempting to rattle off a bunch of valid points that come to mind.
If you care about winning, it is best to stick with your strongest point. “Who spent more time struggling to argue uphill?” is the heuristic people use to judge who won.
Yes that’s most of it. In an adversarial play-to-win argument though it also shapes the narrative of how they experienced it. 80% retrying arguments + thinking feels very different from lots of quick counterpoints that feel like wins