a) Prediction.* Know the next two or three moves.* No different
than Chess in that way with one exception: Call them on it but
be accurate.* Get the timing right.* That just requires basic
observation of conversation flow.* ("at this point of the
conversation, what is he/she most likely to say?") b) Know all
the psychological warfare tricks, especially emotional
manipulation.* You have to be unflappable. c) Don't mistake
confusion for emotional upset.* If you get a :/ - it's a genuine
logical dilemma. d) Patience e) Concede and reveal you're
playing a different game. There's a few more, but it's lunchtime
:) They have a certain set of responses for most things.* But
not everything. Prediction helps because it shakes their
confidence.* They're not good at managing their emotional states
very well, and I play with the biological fact that the amygdala
feeds the reasoning system primarily, and is very weak in the
opposite direction. Shake the amygdala up a little, a little
confusion, a little extra grain of frustration, and their logic
starts tumbling. They're human, not computers.* I'm a drop of
water on the circuit board; the programmer didn't expect it. I
argue with them to teach.* I want people to be better than they
are.* It's genuine from me.* If they want to be the best damned
logical reasoning brain on the planet, then they'd better be
ready.* And they're not.
