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How about: "Turns out the universe is flat ;)"

But yeah the struggle to find the right argument, rather than to win an argument...

Sadly the second of those is, I think, the more common. Interesting to see from your example how stupid it makes us -- if I try to win an argument without understanding the alternative, the the thing I gain most, is a reduction in my ability to reason




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