Dont fall prey to "convince me" arguments.
These are arguments where a person holds the acceptance criteria of an argument. For example "convince me, that bitcoin is the best money".
Mostly people will argue against a "convince me" argument and then gloat when you failed in convincing them.
"You couldnt convince me bitcoin is the best money, hence it must not be the best money".
The person is the judge and the jury, you're just arguing against a wall, save your time.
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Very good point. I find that religious people take this stance often. Convince me that my religion isn't truth.
Double bind. Impossible burden of proof. They want you to be a schizo.
This person already made up their mind no matter what you say.
The only way to possibly waste time on this is to find an agreeable criteria for the winning argument and then meet it. But even then they won’t accept it.
Hypotheses are always a waste of time. It's like you said, they create a trap for you to waste your time trying to disarm; don't concede, don't waste time on hypotheses, you ask the questions.
