Them: “I think you’re just disagreeing because you’d not open-minded enough”
You: “What makes you think that?”
Them: “I think it because Y”
What do they say for ‘Y’? That seems the part that actually constitutes their argument and which you will be able to call out if they’re making a mistake.
when I put myself in the shoes of one who would say that someone is not open-minded enough and fill in the Y I get “you responded so quickly that you must have been speaking from cache instead of computing an answer”
Them: “I think X”
You: “That’s wrong because Z”
Them: “I think you’re just disagreeing because you’d not open-minded enough”
You: “What makes you think that?”
Them: “I think it because Y”
What do they say for ‘Y’? That seems the part that actually constitutes their argument and which you will be able to call out if they’re making a mistake.
when I put myself in the shoes of one who would say that someone is not open-minded enough and fill in the Y I get “you responded so quickly that you must have been speaking from cache instead of computing an answer”