Matt_Simpson comments on How to Not Lose an Argument - Less Wrong

109 Post author: Yvain 19 March 2009 01:07AM

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 19 March 2009 03:29:03AM 3 points [-]

This situation is especially troublesome if you've already been market as standard opponent #445, such as when you change your own mind you a new, more subtle position that is similar to your old position.

Comment author: AndySimpson 19 March 2009 06:09:32AM 5 points [-]

When I adjust my position in subtle ways like that, I go to pains to point it out, which is rhetorically advantageous and shows that there's a real dialectic going on.