Ideas are unlike keys in that the details can be glossed over sometimes and you might still go in the right direction. In an argument about climate change with

Ideas are unlike keys in that the details can be glossed over sometimes and you might still go in the right direction. In an argument about climate change with a denier I might say "Glaciers are shrinking" and until they bring up the the Tibetan glacier is growing I can be content with my intellectual honesty that all other glaciers are shrinking. I agree with your notion of using details to garner supporters.