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105 Post author: patrissimo 14 September 2010 04:17PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 September 2010 08:07:44PM 5 points [-]

I have a similar problem. However I spot other people's fallacies right away, however I have a terrible habit of not seeing my own since the desire to win overwhelms introspection. Hours later I just hold my head in shame at the stupid arguments I used.

This is particularly painful when I won the debate.