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The Art of Always Being Right - Coggle Diagram
The Art of Always Being Right
Rhetorical Strategies
General Techniques
The Extension: Broaden arguments to weaken them 🌌
The Homonymy: Exploit ambiguity in terms 🔄
Conceal Your Game: Hide your conclusion until the right moment 🎭
False Premises: Base argument on faulty foundations ⚠️
Logical Exploits
Postulate What Has to Be Proved: Assume your point is already true 🔄
Restate Opponent's Argument Distortedly: Twist their words 🌀
Use Their Answers Against Them: Turn replies into traps 🪤
Emotional Tactics
Make Your Opponent Angry: Evoke emotions to cloud reason 😡
Distract with Humor: Use wit to derail points 🤡
Silence Opponents by Appearing More Learned: Intimidate with complexity 📚
Turning the Tables
Inconsistencies
Invoke Inconsistencies in Actions: Highlight contradiction in behavior 🤔
Accuse of Hypocrisy: Call out mismatched values and actions 🤷
Shift Focus
Divert the Discussion: Shift to a topic you can win 🌪️
Turn the Tables: Use their argument against them 🔄
Exploit Vulnerabilities
Find the Weak Spot: Attack the weakest part of their argument 🎯
Argue Against Weakest Defender: Target less competent supporters 🛡️
Advanced Endgame
Authority and Force
Appeal to Authority: Cite experts, relevant or not 🏛️
Resort to Force: Silence when losing (authority-based) 🚨
Deflection
Declare Complexity: Claim issue is too complex to settle 🌀
Appeal to Ridicule: Mock opponent to discredit them 😂
Reject All Concessions: Dismiss all valid counterpoints ❌
Cross-Connections
Emotional Tactics ↔ Distraction Techniques: Emotions often lead to easier distraction
Logical Exploits ↔ Authority Appeals: Misused authority can mask faulty logic
Inconsistencies ↔ Hypocrisy Accusations: Both focus on aligning words with actions
Mnemonics
Rhetorical Manipulation = Rhetorical RELICS (Restate, Emote, Learn, Inconsistencies, Conceal, Spot Weakness)
Logical Traps = LOGICAL LOOP (Logic Overrides Opponent’s Premises)