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.
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Of course, I prefer to avoid casual arguments like this where the goal is to win instead of learn, but it is still an important skill
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Throwing out multiple arguments creates a few issues: • More surface area for misunderstanding which can distract or be misunderstood as you being wrong • More risk you throw out an uncached idea. Unfortunately, play-to-win arguments usually penalize long pauses for thought
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Also more surface area for actually being wrong, receiving a solid counter to that argument, and all your other points are forgotten because of how badly you got smoked on that one point
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Ah yeah I can’t believe I didn’t mention that. Good point
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