Have you tried, at the beginning of debates, establishing an agreement with your interlocutor to measure progress, explicitly or not, in units of “I hadn’t considered that before” or “I wasn’t considering that when I had my idea”? If you start noticing that there is a common theme to the things which had not been considered before, or in advance of developing the idea, it suggests general areas of improvement.
When people respond to arguments, a somewhat opaque impression is left as to whether they are coming up with counter-arguments on the spot or if those arguments were truly a part of the ideation process from the beginning.
If people keep failing considerations-in-mind litmus tests, you tell them to stop what they’re doing and start over. If they keep passing litmus tests you had in mind (or that you spontaneously notice you should have been keeping in mind), you should worry about your failure to adopt their idea.
Have you tried, at the beginning of debates, establishing an agreement with your interlocutor to measure progress, explicitly or not, in units of “I hadn’t considered that before” or “I wasn’t considering that when I had my idea”? If you start noticing that there is a common theme to the things which had not been considered before, or in advance of developing the idea, it suggests general areas of improvement.
When people respond to arguments, a somewhat opaque impression is left as to whether they are coming up with counter-arguments on the spot or if those arguments were truly a part of the ideation process from the beginning.
If people keep failing considerations-in-mind litmus tests, you tell them to stop what they’re doing and start over. If they keep passing litmus tests you had in mind (or that you spontaneously notice you should have been keeping in mind), you should worry about your failure to adopt their idea.