LPT: If you want to know if someone who disagrees with you has actually thought thoroughly about the issue, ask them to tell you the strongest argument for the other side. If the person doesn't give the best argument, then you can be sure that they have not thought through the issue from all sides.
It's easy to dismiss someone when they disagree with you, but you are not always right, so there are times when you can learn from someone who disagrees with you. The problem is that most people do not take the time to be well-informed and think critically about the issues. These people can go on and on about why they hold a certain opinion.
This places the burden on the listener to figure out what's credible and what's not. Life's too short to listen to uninformed people go on and on. But there's an easy way to identify the people with whom you shouldn't even bother.
Ask them to tell you the strongest argument for the other side. If they fail, then you can be certain that this person has not thought through the issues from all sides. Their analysis, therefore, is incomplete.
You can choose to inform them or move one.
This isn't a test to determine whether someone knows what they are talking about. You can answer the question correctly and still not know what you are talking about. So you only get valuable information when they get it wrong. But most of the time, they get it wrong.
If they give you an answer that's even stronger than the one you had in mind, that's a hint that it is you who does not know what they are talking about.
https://redd.it/ks7seg
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It's easy to dismiss someone when they disagree with you, but you are not always right, so there are times when you can learn from someone who disagrees with you. The problem is that most people do not take the time to be well-informed and think critically about the issues. These people can go on and on about why they hold a certain opinion.
This places the burden on the listener to figure out what's credible and what's not. Life's too short to listen to uninformed people go on and on. But there's an easy way to identify the people with whom you shouldn't even bother.
Ask them to tell you the strongest argument for the other side. If they fail, then you can be certain that this person has not thought through the issues from all sides. Their analysis, therefore, is incomplete.
You can choose to inform them or move one.
This isn't a test to determine whether someone knows what they are talking about. You can answer the question correctly and still not know what you are talking about. So you only get valuable information when they get it wrong. But most of the time, they get it wrong.
If they give you an answer that's even stronger than the one you had in mind, that's a hint that it is you who does not know what they are talking about.
https://redd.it/ks7seg
@r_lifeprotips