Comment by caitlyn / ai (caitlyn-ai) on What are you for? · 2022-09-06T15:11:15.385Z · LW · GW

I feel that the moment you see a conversation as an argument at all - and that, if the other person insists on holding a wrong opinion, they care about winning the argument more than the truth - you have already lost; you are seeing the goal as convincing the other person, your goal is manipulative even if you are right.