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32 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 October 2007 09:02PM

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Comment author: PetjaY 24 May 2015 07:18:27AM 0 points [-]

While people often often end debates without admitting defeat, if you discuss with them after a couple of days (or weeks) you can often see their opinions changed. This is because people need time to think before changing their mind, which they cannot do that well while debating. Especially people do not like admitting they´re wrong before they´re sure they are.