In such cases I’ll say, “Oh! Interesting… how does that work exactly?” It seems to work out alright, and I would guess that other methods of asking for more information without implying that their statement is false are equally effective.
Yes, “Tell me more” is certainly more effective than saying something like “I don’t think that’s true”. Even if you don’t think it’s true, following a Socractic dialog will probably be more useful at uncovering untruth without being overtly offensive.
Beware, Socratic dialogs can also piss people off.
I agree, but I suspect a lot of the time the anger is a result of cognitive dissonance which kicks in when the person starts to realize that there are holes in his position.
In such cases I’ll say, “Oh! Interesting… how does that work exactly?” It seems to work out alright, and I would guess that other methods of asking for more information without implying that their statement is false are equally effective.
Yes, “Tell me more” is certainly more effective than saying something like “I don’t think that’s true”. Even if you don’t think it’s true, following a Socractic dialog will probably be more useful at uncovering untruth without being overtly offensive.
Beware, Socratic dialogs can also piss people off. But yes, “tell me more” or “why do you say that?” are better than “nope”.
I agree, but I suspect a lot of the time the anger is a result of cognitive dissonance which kicks in when the person starts to realize that there are holes in his position.