How to argue
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This only works if the person you are trying to convince is rationally inclined. Most people are not (unfortunately). Emotional arguments work better for normies. Also, using a pyramid as a graphic seems to suggest that Name-Calling is the foundation of good argument.
yup is what we call "like playing chess with a pigeon"
doesn't matter how much you win the pigeon will keep flipping all the pieces, it will shit on the chessboard and will keep walking around breast-out
this actually means that you can only have a meaningful discussion when people share the same rules of the discussion and construction of text with you. and the only rules everyone can possibly agree on is called "logic". you cannot possibly have a meaningful discussion with people if they don't agree to what qualify as a "fact" or "perception" or "definition" it will simply result in a devastating mess of I'm right becuz fefes.
this video despite unrelated tangentially explains it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAcdzMRadhQ