Half of advanced communication skills is learning sophisticated ways to tell people they're wrong while letting them save face gracefully.
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this is reinforcing the idea that smartness is about finding great arguments to rebut someone else's point of view. We can do better.
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in reference to con men Erving goffman called it 'cooling out the mark'
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also this would imply the speaker sees the whole fabric of communication greater than one particular opinion. Does it not?
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something i am constantly reminded of and sometimes easier than other times :-)
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