How to DESTROY your opponent in any ARGUMENT (it's actually very easy)

the point of a debate or argument isn't to find the truth it's to prove yourself right at any cost that's how some people approach an argument think back to a situation where you knew yourself to be right but your argument was blown apart by your opponent then you're confused wondering how you could possibly have lost you've probably seen it in politics too you don't need to be right to win an argument you just need the right techniques these techniques are a powerful weapon and like all weapons they can be used to attack or defend so

even if you are not the sort of person to use underhand methods to win an argument when you know you're wrong you will encounter many people that do do that and by knowing these techniques you'll be able to defend yourself against unscrupulous operators who want to persuade control and bamboozle you into their way of thinking many of the methods I'm about to show you were known to the ancient Greeks the sophists would teach their tricks to Young noblemen who wanted to know how to win political arguments the term sophistry comes from the sophists and its

definition is telling too the clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false in order to deceive people I'll show you the methods now but unlike the sophists of ancient Greece I won't be charging you a fee in 1831 this man wrote this essay well essay tree ties call it what you will he was the German philosopher Arthur schopenhauer and his work the art of being right 38 ways to win an argument is a guy for the uny Into the Dark Art of manipulating the truth it's an amusing text and I recommend you

read it but if you want to find out some of the most effective of its techniques then keep watching because here they come exaggerate to absurdity remember you want to make your opponent look ridiculous and undermine them and nothing is beneath you one of your first tactics is to ridicule their position by building an effigy or caricature of their argument one that is much more easily defeated so let's say you and I are discussing education and you make the reasonable point that music is an important subject and could help wider learning and brain development I

disagree and to make my point I distort your argument by saying what you want children as young as seven to be forced to listen to Olivia Rodrigo it's much easier for me to argue against this than your very reasonable Original Point you'll see this used frequently some people deploy it without even realizing but now you know about it it you can call it out similar to the previous straw man argument is the Morton Bailey except this time instead of making your argument ridiculous I'm making mine seem reasonable let's say I hold the view that people

should require a permit if they want to wear red trousers this is the Bailey part of my argument difficult to defend when you call me out on it I Retreat my M by saying it's perfectly reasonable that red trouser wearing soldiers bearing a pole arm should need a permit I can later revert to the original claim make them angry remember you don't care about the truth only about the win another tactic in Your Arsenal is to make your opponent angry this will give the perception to your audience that you have the moral Authority because the

person getting worked up obviously has the weaker argument don't they interrupt them divert them politely insult them question their expertise their intellect talk down to them and make fun of them once angry not only are they perceived is less authoritative they're less capable of analytical thought giving you an easier win concede a small point and then generalize this is a favorite of the unscrupulous debater imagine you hold the view that speed limits in builtup areas should be reduced to 20 M an hour and I'm arguing they should be 40 m an hour currently in the

UK they're usually 30 I might say to you are you telling me that reducing the limit to 20 M hour would eradicate all risk of injury your opponent who is not a sophist will say no you then use that admission as evidence that it doesn't reduce the risk at all and that he's simply at war with the motorist which brings me to the next method the phrase at war with the motorist is my metaphor not yours you're arguing for Speed restrictions and I'm arguing against them if I'm only interested in the win then it's in

my interest to make your position sound as negative and unappealing as possible the phrase at war with creates a negative perception around your proposal it makes it sound extreme and unreasonable and it will resonate with the audience's bias against war and that bias is now transferring to you and your argument this ties him very nicely with schopenhauer's next Point persuade the audience not the opponent this is used a lot in TV debates and online where you have an audience my opponent is an expert but the audience isn't which means it's easier to persuade the audience

in fact if I only want to win in the mind of the audience I only need worry about convincing them never mind that what I say is untrue it might be invalid to the expert but to the audience it could seem like the perfect put down especially if to refute it requires nuance and time and a long explanation 10 people died after taking this medication therefore it must be unsafe might seem convincing to a lay audience which is good enough for me if I'm relying on chicanery and spuge if all else fails make stuff up

and then declare yourself the winner if you like to find out more about the techniques then search for shoping House's original essay in a world where emotive stories spread quickly and debate is polarized and someone's always trying to sell you their ideas or products being aware of these techniques is essential who's after your attention or trying to manipulate you and why I'm always on the lookout for Innovative interesting and interactive ways to learn which is why I love brilliant.org the sponsor of this video brilliant is where you learn by doing with thousands of interactive lessons

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