Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Argument / debate

Repost from diaspora http://diasp.org

"At any rate, I'm with Richard Dawkins on this. When you engage in a debate you don't attempt to convince your opponent. That's virtually impossible. The object of a debate is to persuade the audience, and when pursuing that end there's nothing wrong with ridiculing a ridiculous position." However, this comment is talking about a different situation than (I think) Plait is discussing. Plait is talking about one-on-one discussions. Dawkins shines in debates before an audience. There are two different goals here. You use different tactics when you're trying to convince your opponent, than when you're trying to convince your audience.


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