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To a rationalist, the "burden of proof" is always on one's own side.
Hm, a bit over-condensed. More like the burden of proof is on yourself, to yourself. Once you have satisfied that, argument should be an exercise in communication, not rhetoric.
Agree completely.
This would seem to depend on the instrument goal motivating the argument.