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My goal in an argument is not to win or lose. My goal is to come out with a plan that works best. That almost always involves taking criticism and advice into
by wccrawford 6y ago
My goal in an argument is not to win or lose.
My goal is to come out with a plan that works best. That almost always involves taking criticism and advice into consideration, and sometimes involves not doing things my way. Sometimes I'm even completely wrong. But sometimes I'm completely right. There's no way to know before having the "argument".
- smichel17 6y agoEven more pithily: my goal in an argument/debate is not to be right at the beginning, but to be right at the end.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoThat's not an argument though, that's a discussion.
- nicoburns 6y agoA good argument is nothing but a discussion.
- RandoHolmes 6y agoI just mean that having a technical discussion is not an argument. There will be disagreements, but that doesn't make it an argument unless someone involved is taking things too far.
- nicoburns 6y agoThere is another sense of the word argument where it simply means a well reasoned defence of something. This is the sense in which it is used within Philosophy and Mathematics.
- RandoHolmes 6y agofair enough.