How to DESTROY Anyone in an Argument

Philosophers are often thought of as truth-seekers, but often people are more interested in the mucky world of simple debate, and there is a sardonic, sarcastic essay by Schopenhauer that can help us out here - "On the Art of Being Right". In here he compiles a series of tactics used (often highly dishonestly) to secure victory in an argument even when one is misinformed, or just downright wrong. And this is just what we will look at today, so that we can learn how to destroy anyone in an argument. And also, why we probably shouldn't

00:00 The Art of Being Right
01:32 "So What You're Saying Is..."
03:43 "What I'm Saying is..."
06:02 Endless Questions
09:09 Control the Metaphors
13:05 The "Strength" of Common Sense
15:36 Interru-
17:14 Make Your Opponent Angry
19:04 Toss a Word Salad
21:14 Miscellaneous Pointers
23:18 The Lessons of Deceit

[unsolicitedadvice]

To clarify - this video is sarcastic - these techniques are dishonest.

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[Shozey]

Those kindergarteners dont stand a chance.

[pork]

Thank you for this. My grandma wont stand a chance

[XanderVJ]

"Let's learn how to destroy people with facts and logic... without using either".

That has to be the ultimate YouTube video hook of all time.

[juvairia]

I like how u used the tactics in this video to slowly shift ur momentum from "winning a debate" to "gaslighting and getting away with it"

[flowerpower]

So glad you explained the 'So what you're saying is...' attack.

[el_hoxx]

Me: winning an argument against My friend
My friend: **imitates me in a goofy voice**

[nunote]

This is why I dislike public debates, as they seem to always be doing these kinds of things. It's never about finding some kind of truth, it's to thrash your opponent and fool the audience into "your truth".

[ianroman]

"Make your opponent angry" is the best one

[Dank]

bro looks like an antagonist when he asking his question 💀💀

[Filosofos]

People who use this win arguments: 🤓

People who use this to recognize disingenuous debating tactics and avoid using them themselves: 🗿

[emmalynwashere]

the video title should be How to gaslight and get away with it

[DuckyinVR]

Politicians watching this 15 min before a debate

[misterkoneko]

What a brilliant video, my brainrot self is astonished by your words and intellect. You earned my subscription.

[ayushsingh]

"if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit." - quote of the century

Edit: 667? Yay, i'm finally famous
Also, I rewatch the video, and the accent just makes it sound 10X better

[Jaeger_Bishop]

Basically, this guy could title the video, "Lying Congressional Style", and be right on the mark.

[TheRealCaptainGold]

1. Form a strong argument (the hard part). Understand burden of proof.
2. Memorize all fallacies.
3. Point out any fallacies used by opponent.
4. Focus the conversation; don’t let them divert to another topic. Call them out when they’re being disingenuous. Put them on the spot.

Follow those steps and your opponent is forced to argue on merit. Sprinkle some charisma and theatrics, and you won’t have any issues. Persuasion Tactics don’t work when someone not only knows them but also has the better argument. It’s why no amount of cheap tricks will get a flat earther to win a debate. 😉

[jasweengujral]

Heres a nemonic to remember this EDMCITVM (Exaggerate, Downplay, Metaphoric, complication, interrupt, anger them(tonality), Vocab Salad, Miscellaneous.

[carsaretrulyart]

I adore your choice of words. True wealth of a dictionary in your head there is

[copykatninja]

My brain went straight to: "I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid, " (Captain Jack Sparrow).