Could you do something about the art of debating once you realize that your opponent does not have the skill or will to argue otherwise? Have you experienced a shift in the course of an argument in that sense that you were surprised by the answers of your opponent once you yourself changed your form of formulating questions? That requires a basic willingness to listen to each other or take questions as sincere, not a strategy or a trap.
Yes indeed I do practice the Socratic Method as much as possible in these cases. It is the ultimate test of both characters, my own, and the one I am having the discussion with. Once this method is employed, the 'truth' starts to make its appearance, without having to 'prove' it, or seem 'combative'.
Socratic method
The Socratic method, is a form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, based on asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presuppositions. It is named after the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates and is introduced by him in Plato's Theaetetus as midwifery because it is employed to bring out definitions implicit in the interlocutors' beliefs, or to help them further their understanding. The Socratic method is a method of hypothesis elimination, in that better hypotheses are found by steadily identifying and eliminating those that lead to contradictions. The Socratic method searches for general commonly held truths that shape beliefs and scrutinizes them to determine their consistency with other views.
I didn't know that this kind of dialogue is called the Socratic method.
In any way, if people are interested in each other the form of questions and answers differ compared to competition in the game.
I did not understand the second part of your comment. Can you clarify?
Whoops. That second part was part of another post I was making at the same time. Sorry for the confusion I have removed it.
Yeah looked really weird here :D
:D Thanks. For a second I was very confused and asked myself if I appeared somehow crazy for you or if you are a strange person. LOL. But then I thought: As most of the times, there will be a sensible explanation.
I am glad this little confusion happened and both of us did not overreact as I saw it so many times happening on this blockchain. :))
Have a good day!
Yes I am still kind of laughing because of the content. You had to have thought I lost my marbles :D
Someone showed a pic of the royal family doing a "Nazi salute" and I posted these to show them that it wasn't a "Nazi salute" before WWII, and that all American school children did it too, so he called me a nazi supporter... That was my reply that you read haha...
Oh, and it being all off topic here, that's ok, I'll show you the pics here too because most don't even know this, and it is good to know ;)
Yes quite normal back in the day:
Have a great day!
Impressive pictures. Yes, what is considered normality often can be viewed differently when a certain amount of time goes by.
You too have a great day :)