Agreed. It's quite a skill to steel-man another person's arguments and then proceed to answer from that point; it's very easy to go down the "you're not obviou

Agreed. It's quite a skill to steel-man another person's arguments and then proceed to answer from that point; it's very easy to go down the "you're not obviously smart enough to question my authority" which then leads to people being hurtful towards each other. I'm very lucky that my best half is so emotionally-savvy that some of it has rubbed off on me. I just wish that civility could be taught from early ages; so much worldwide bitterness could be avoided.