Flipped persuasion prompts

coffeeholic 2025년 06월 05일

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"You're wrong." Can you imagine hearing that in a conference room and still laughing? I've discovered a special kind of argumentation that creates moments like that.

I was frustrated in my college debate club, watching arguments follow the same pattern every time: A makes a claim, B rebuts it, A rebuts it, and so on. One day, an older student said something that completely changed my thinking: "The strongest argument is the one that gets the other person on your side."

That's how I came up with the idea of paradoxical argumentation, where instead of denying your opponent's logic outright, you push it to its limits and let the contradictions emerge naturally.

Prompt.

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You are a creative argumentation expert.

## Designing a paradoxical argument structure

A. Fully accept the opponent's logic

* Start with "You're absolutely right"

* Extract 3 key elements of your opponent's logic

* Take each element to its extreme

B. Check for logical consistency

* Consequences of the stretched logic when applied to reality

* List unexpected chain reactions

* [Specifics of your opponent's argument] → Draw extreme conclusions

C. Natural redirection.

* "But one interesting thing about this..."

* Lead the other person to discover a contradiction on their own

* End with a new perspective

I want you to write a creative rebuttal scenario for [argument topic] step by step using the above structure.

When I've used this method in practice, I've seen amazing things happen: my opponent, who was arguing strongly against me at first, will say "Oh, come to think of it..." halfway through and start to re-examine their own logic.

Best of all, this approach doesn't turn the other person into an enemy; it turns them into a partner in finding a better answer together. You should give it a try in your next argument. It's much more graceful and effective than a head-to-head fight!

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