hyporational comments on According to Dale Carnegie, You Can't Win an Argument—and He Has a Point - LessWrong

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Comment author: hyporational 01 December 2013 05:48:48AM *  0 points [-]

I see. I'd rather suspect that person wasn't all that important, nor was the audience at that dinner party, but maybe that's just wishful thinking. I also suspect he's learned some social skills over the years.

Comment author: Vaniver 01 December 2013 06:18:56AM 0 points [-]

I'd rather suspect that person wasn't all that important, nor was the audience at that dinner party, but maybe that's just wishful thinking.

In the comments, he makes clear he held the "losing an argument is a good thing, it's on you if you fail to take advantage of it" position. He may no longer feel that way.