> "I didn't truly believe some of my own arguments" One of my core philosophies of argument is that I always argue honestly. That is, I give my real reasons f

> "I didn't truly believe some of my own arguments" One of my core philosophies of argument is that I always argue honestly. That is, I give my real reasons for believing things (as well as I understand them) even if I know of other arguments that sound persuasive but that I don't believe as strongly. I find this means I lose arguments slightly more often (which is a good thing; I end up changing my mind), but I also win handily quite a bit more often. I see far fewer stalemated arguments, and far fewer arguments that devolve into quoting my side's famous thinkers at people who quote their side's famous thinkers back. It was difficult at first, but with practice it's become fairly easy.