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Jim Lane

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11. Good list, but he left out one that's popular on DU

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2014, 04:53 PM

May 2014

May I humbly suggest an addition:

39. If your opponent's position on some particular point is also held by a third party, then attack other views held by the third party, even if your current opponent does not in fact share them.

This can also be combined with Schopenhauer's #35 ("Instead of working on an opponent's intellect, work on his or her motive.&quot You attack the motives of other people who agree with your opponent.

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Good list, but he left out one that's popular on DU Jim Lane May 2014 #11