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We are never actually convinced by the logic of an argument, its pure presentation and rhetoric. We only think we respond to well reasoned arguments because the features we associate with 'well reasoned' are ones that we have been trained to consider authoritative and persuasive.
In short, we're just signalling rationality not being rational.
Empiricism is a bias, by the same token. But it's a bias that works.
The "authoritative and persuasive" kinds of arguments are the arguments that work, that show something about the universe with slightly better accuracy than other kinds of arguments that have been posed. That's why we've adopted them.
Rationality will never be deep. All beliefs and idea procured from rationality are at best transitive.