Ya got a source for that?

/s

Good that they didn't change their mind. If they had, you'd have been in trouble because your sources said otherwise.

The person you're talking to is unlikely to be pursuaded but there's usually silent, invisible lurkers who can be.

I know I've changed my mind on things because of arguments I've read on the internet.

It is proven that people do double down on their views when confronted with opposing evidence, but IMO this is more about the psychology of trust and confrontation between individuals, rather than proof of the futility of argument as a concept. Hell, Vsauce made a video called 'The Future of Reasoning', where he makes the case that argument might have been selected for as an essential part of human psychology and necessary for our survivial.

If your goal in an argument is to change the other person's mind, then changing your mind (by taking in new information, learning, and understanding a different point of view) is seen as losing. That's a terrible way to look at what is ultimately personal growth.

There's no hope in changing the mind of every fanatic you come across.

But we generally don't have internet debates in DMs, we do it in public forums. The goal isn't to sway the fanatics, it's to publicly quash their arguments. To sway curious onlookers away from fanaticism before they become fanatics themselves.

I'm sorry to hear that! Don't worry, it'll get better as more people join, just you wait!

Sorry

Challenge accepted.

No you're wrong. It's a game of votes, whoever gets the most votes is the most correct.

Well actually they do.

According to this trusted source.

That sounds like the words of someone who quits right before they change the other person's mind

i cannot express how much i hate that, why must people keep imagining points and opinions i never said or made

Realizing you're wrong while you're still tilted is the weirdest feeling.

I've definitely changed my mind on a few things as a result of online discussions. I can't remember specifically what the topics were, unfortunately. What I do remember is that it didn't happen the moment of the disagreement. It was a few days later when the topic came back up for unrated reasons and I realized I had the other opinion.

Was gabagool behind the camera in the final scene?

I do, I really do. If the argument is logical and coherent.