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It reads like you're saying people should fake being open to arguments while actually already having made up their mind from the start. >Imagine someone has an
by trompetenaccoun 4y ago
It reads like you're saying people should fake being open to arguments while actually already having made up their mind from the start.
>Imagine someone has an out-there idea
How would one know the idea is out-there until one has listened and understood what someone else is saying?
>And you play the nice, slightly curious, but not too curious person that has an open mind...
I don't have to "play" this part, unless I were someone who isn't naturally nice and curious.
- legends2k 4y agoOne won't know, of course. I thought the whole point of saying "Imagine" is given such a situation, how to deal with it. Of course, while listening if it isn't an out-there idea, listen, converse and follow up.
- trompetenaccoun 4y agoIt's a hypothetical, sure. Imagine a debater who feigns being open to your viewpoint, with the actual purpose of steering the conversation into territory you may be less familiar with so they can in their view "beat" you there. I'd refer to this as a debating tactic, not listening. Or maybe listening à la Ben Shapiro.