(November 20, 2017 at 8:52 am)Grandizer Wrote:(November 20, 2017 at 5:35 am)Hammy Wrote: In my opinion when people do change their minds, they usually don't do it in the middle of a debate. In fact I've never seen that. I've never seen someone say "You win the debate your argument was valid and mine was invalid, you were right and I was wrong."
I have witnessed members changing their view about some topic right in the middle of a debate, and conceding that their opponent had a point. I've seen this happen more than once in this forum. I have a good memory, and can name names to illustrate, but somehow I feel like it's not right to mention names (even if there's nothing shameful about any of them conceding to their opponent).
IMO you are just flat out wrong about what they're admitting they're wrong about. You never see people say "Your argument is correct and I now no longer believe in God" or "You are right and I am now a liberal rather than a conservative."
Remember this is not simply about people admitting they are wrong about some pedantic detail in a debate it's admitting they are wrong about something large enough for them to completely change their minds about one of their core beliefs or philosophies in the middle of a debate.
