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paulg_68  4 stars
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but you cannot do so in the course of an argument. Any chance you had of changing someone's mind ends the moment an argument begins.

 

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the_great_ontex  3 stars
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Anger makes the retarded feelings and thoughts come the way

Key points:

Don't get angry, no matter what
silvadel  1 star
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paulg_68 posted:

but you cannot do so in the course of an argument. Any chance you had of changing someone's mind ends the moment an argument begins.





I disagree. Often something heated can be the first step in getting someone to reanalyze something they had considered true.

It never takes someone the whole way but it can be a an opening.

 

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Sin_of_Onin  4 stars
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I like to argue to challenge my own thought process.

 

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