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There is a book about how to hold a conversation: [https://robertsrules.org/robertsrules.pdf ''Robert's Rules of Order''] (Here is the last edition of the author's own ones). There is [https://virtualspeech.com/blog/guide-to-debating an article on debating]. | There is a book about how to hold a conversation: [https://robertsrules.org/robertsrules.pdf ''Robert's Rules of Order''] (Here is the last edition of the author's own ones). There is [https://virtualspeech.com/blog/guide-to-debating an article on debating]. | ||
To stop someone from talking nonsense, the most effective practice is responding in kind. There is one of the most popular tales about Nasreddin (or many other names): A merchant accuses a poor man for smelling his food without paying, and the official doesn't want to offend the merchant, so the official hesitates on what to do. Nasreddin comes by, shakes the poor man's purse, asks if the merchant has received the sound of coins. The merchant confirms, and the case is settled. | To stop someone from talking nonsense, the most effective practice is responding in kind. There is one of the most popular tales about the folklore character Nasreddin (or many other names): A merchant accuses a poor man for smelling his food without paying, and the official doesn't want to offend the merchant, so the official hesitates on what to do. Nasreddin comes by, shakes the poor man's purse, asks if the merchant has received the sound of coins. The merchant confirms, and the case is settled. | ||
Avoid emotion agitators, listen to all sides, especially the opposite side of yours, with as much patience as possible, then you will almost certainly experience the [https://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-dissonance.html cognitive dissonance], which feels like you have been an idiot until now. If you haven't experienced so, you definitely should try this. The simplest way is to record your own voice and listen to it. | Avoid emotion agitators, listen to all sides, especially the opposite side of yours, with as much patience as possible, then you will almost certainly experience the [https://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-dissonance.html cognitive dissonance], which feels like you have been an idiot until now. If you haven't experienced so, you definitely should try this. The simplest way is to record your own voice and listen to it. |