Cross Examined Life

Christine defends: We should prioritize the advancement of space travel, with the goal of becoming an interplanetary species.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Explain your choice of words used to state your position, early on.

2. Figure out if the future you are arguing for is inevitable – if it is, help your opponent see that inevitability and then dare them to argue that we should fight the inevitable.

3. Number your reasons, for organization and future reference.

4. Before a controversial discussion or argument, take a moment to anticipate your opponent’s arguments.

5. Be honest when you notice yourself rambling or straying from the question asked. Admit that you may not have answered the question, AND if you’re on the other side –just rephrase the question when you hear that, don’t gloat.

6. Acknowledge the validity of the other’s question – even if there’s some issue the other failed to consider.

7. Recognize when a piece of your argument is not strong enough for your whole position to rest on, but is perhaps just a collateral consequence or fringe benefit, as Christine said, of the thing you are arguing for.

8. Ask a WHY question if you need to buy time to think.

9. Try to keep your analogies relevant to something that people deal with everyday.

10. Bring both percentages and raw numbers with you into discussions where money plays an important role.

11. Tell your opponent when they bring up a point that is good – and maybe one you never thought about.

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Christine defends: We should prioritize the advancement of space travel, with the goal of becoming an interplanetary species.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Explain your choice of words used to state your position, early on.

2. Figure out if the future you are arguing for is inevitable – if it is, help your opponent see that inevitability and then dare them to argue that we should fight the inevitable.

3. Number your reasons, for organization and future reference.

4. Before a controversial discussion or argument, take a moment to anticipate your opponent’s arguments.

5. Be honest when you notice yourself rambling or straying from the question asked. Admit that you may not have answered the question, AND if you’re on the other side –just rephrase the question when you hear that, don’t gloat.

6. Acknowledge the validity of the other’s question – even if there’s some issue the other failed to consider.

7. Recognize when a piece of your argument is not strong enough for your whole position to rest on, but is perhaps just a collateral consequence or fringe benefit, as Christine said, of the thing you are arguing for.

8. Ask a WHY question if you need to buy time to think.

9. Try to keep your analogies relevant to something that people deal with everyday.

10. Bring both percentages and raw numbers with you into discussions where money plays an important role.

11. Tell your opponent when they bring up a point that is good – and maybe one you never thought about.

Get in touch!

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Mark defends: A vote, even for a candidate you expect to lose, is not a throw-away vote.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Don’t just knock out the competing options to your idea, but give reasons why your opponent should affirmatively support your idea.

2. Recognize when you’ve used words or phrases that are likely unfamiliar to your opponent, then just explain them in a respectful way.

3. Try to limit or avoid saying that phrase you frequently drop, intended to short-circuit the conversation or make a point seem more obvious than it might be.

4. Saying that a point is obvious fails to add anything meaningful to a conversation – and can be hurtful.

5. Point out when you hear a good question from your opponent.

Mark defends: A vote, even for a candidate you expect to lose, is not a throw-away vote.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Don’t just knock out the competing options to your idea, but give reasons why your opponent should affirmatively support your idea.

2. Recognize when you’ve used words or phrases that are likely unfamiliar to your opponent, then just explain them in a respectful way.

3. Try to limit or avoid saying that phrase you frequently drop, intended to short-circuit the conversation or make a point seem more obvious than it might be.

4. Saying that a point is obvious fails to add anything meaningful to a conversation – and can be hurtful.

5. Point out when you hear a good question from your opponent.

Mark defends: A vote, even for a candidate you expect to lose, is not a throw-away vote.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Don’t just knock out the competing options to your idea, but give reasons why your opponent should affirmatively support your idea.

2. Recognize when you’ve used words or phrases that are likely unfamiliar to your opponent, then just explain them in a respectful way.

3. Try to limit or avoid saying that phrase you frequently drop, intended to short-circuit the conversation or make a point seem more obvious than it might be.

4. Saying that a point is obvious fails to add anything meaningful to a conversation – and can be hurtful.

5. Point out when you hear a good question from your opponent.

Mark defends: A vote, even for a candidate you expect to lose, is not a throw-away vote.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Don’t just knock out the competing options to your idea, but give reasons why your opponent should affirmatively support your idea.

2. Recognize when you’ve used words or phrases that are likely unfamiliar to your opponent, then just explain them in a respectful way.

3. Try to limit or avoid saying that phrase you frequently drop, intended to short-circuit the conversation or make a point seem more obvious than it might be.

4. Saying that a point is obvious fails to add anything meaningful to a conversation – and can be hurtful.

5. Point out when you hear a good question from your opponent.

Mark defends: A vote, even for a candidate you expect to lose, is not a throw-away vote.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Don’t just knock out the competing options to your idea, but give reasons why your opponent should affirmatively support your idea.

2. Recognize when you’ve used words or phrases that are likely unfamiliar to your opponent, then just explain them in a respectful way.

3. Try to limit or avoid saying that phrase you frequently drop, intended to short-circuit the conversation or make a point seem more obvious than it might be.

4. Saying that a point is obvious fails to add anything meaningful to a conversation – and can be hurtful.

5. Point out when you hear a good question from your opponent.

Faith defends: World travel is an essential; not an expensive luxury.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS

1. Present alternatives when you think someone is wrong.

2. Unpack the explanation of your opponent in the smallest chunks possible.

3. Ask for specifics before calling a claim that sounds wild or crazy, false.

4. Don’t offer answers to questions you’re asking – just ask them. Suggesting answers makes you seem smug or like you’re asking a rhetorical question.

5. Re-engage until you have received a satisfactory answer to your question.

6. Be honest about circumstances in which your statement might not always be true.

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