The Subjective Nature of Convincing Arguments

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I'd like to be better at making arguments, but I also don't think there's a such thing as being objectively good at arguments.  I think different people are going to react differently to the same argument, and you can perhaps understand why that is if you understand enough about their particular perspective, but if you understand that you will also understand that some people are very unlikely to change their minds about certain things.  This is why I think the only way to 'win' certain arguments is to a.) decide that you are irrefutably correct (reserving the right to later disagree with yourself) but b.) you aren't going to convince this person of that and c.) this isn't a deficiency of your abilities but rather arises out of limitations of social interaction themselves which d.) doesn't necessarily mean the other person is the worst person ever even if the issue is important, but rather e.) it may be necessary to reevaluate how you interact with this person in light of this disagreement.