Comment on Facts and minds
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks agoWinning a public debate is much more about rhetorical skills than being right. You can be very knowledgeable in a topic of your research, still lose because you can’t put it simple while your opponent has simple answers to complicated questions and a catch phrase and some slogans
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Never claimed “winning” mattered. Only that we can show facts don’t support a fool’s conclusion (ie, “show they’re a fool”). Whether others care to recognize that or let themselves get misled by invalid rhetoric is up to them: some have better discernment than others. We’re just offering people opportunities when they’re ready not to suck as hard. Humans still gonna human.