So… - They already agree you should discount concerns in proportion to how far they are unto the future. - You’re already aware of this agreement. - You shif

So… - They already agree you should discount concerns in proportion to how far they are unto the future. - You’re already aware of this agreement. - You shift the focus of the debate in a way that makes you look right about something (discounting future worries) even though your opponent was equally right. - All because, though they never wrong on that point, they didn’t “feel” the truth enough. Yeah, that’s pretty much a textbook example of how to showboat at the expense of a productive dialogue. Don’t do it unless status is more important to you than understanding. Reminds me of that scene in Thank You For Smoking where the dad shows he can “prove” chocolate is better than vanilla because “freedom good”. [1] (Sorry for the analogy — even if you agreed that such behavior is toxic, maybe you didn’t “feel it enough”, and you think that’s a valid reason to make it.) [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=vjOrOMVFCbs https://youtube.com/watch?v=vjOrOMVFCbs