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What's a good habit you developed you'd like to share? in c/asklemmy
[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Meditating

You were disabled. You're stuck laying down most of the day. What do you do to earn a living and survive? in c/asklemmy
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I continue designing and making websites.

What's a food you love, that isn't worth making from scratch? in c/asklemmy
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

mise en place ;) demi-glace you can make a couple of times a year in bulk and just freeze the little jello cubes, to have on hand whenever.

In a debate, what's it called when you pretend to agree with a point you don't actually agree with, because you think it will make the person more open to agreeing with you on other points? in c/asklemmy
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The title of the question is worded in a way that I will assume we already know the position of whoever we are debating. If not, how could we else pretend to agree with their point?

So, we have two opposing views:

  • You know that I believe A to be true
  • I know that you believe B to be true

Then it is neither manipulative or in bad faith to "try on" the opposing view. How else can we learn more, if we are not open to understand or empathize? To answer your question, it's called being the devil's advocate:

a person who expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate or test the strength of the opposing arguments. "the interviewer will need to play devil's advocate, to put the other side's case forward"

In a debate, what's it called when you pretend to agree with a point you don't actually agree with, because you think it will make the person more open to agreeing with you on other points? in c/asklemmy