| During an online debate I will do web searches and look at as many relevant articles as I can be bothered to. If there is a lot of contradictory information between the articles I delve a bit deeper. I prefer to break it down to truths about chemical interactions or some such basic detail that will allow me to understand, more thoroughly, what is being asserted. I then use my own logic to come to my own conclusion. The debate, whether on this site or otherwise, is really a testing ground for my reasoning rather than a forum for me to persuade others. If I can't fully explain something to someone then I have to read up on it, and if someone explains something to me in a way that I take issue with but can't argue with then more research is nessessary. I'm always open to persuasion but I have to persuade myself. I try to get to the truth even if it is uncomfortable. |