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I've noticed lawyers are good at this. They have a mastery of deductive logic and ask you to agree with what appear to be obvious statements. Then from those ob
by porter 11y ago
I've noticed lawyers are good at this. They have a mastery of deductive logic and ask you to agree with what appear to be obvious statements. Then from those obvious statements they deduce an airtight conclusion. It's a brilliant move.
- restalis 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11161388 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11161388 (in this page) It's not only lawyer's trick, it's actually something pretty basic in persuasion's toolkit.