010 - Is there an Urgent Need to Colonize Other Planets?

Christine defends: We should prioritize the advancement of space travel, with the goal of becoming an interplanetary species.

PRACTICAL TAKEAWAY TIPS
1. Explain your choice of words used to state your position, early on.
2. Figure out if the future you are arguing for is inevitable – if it is, help your opponent see that inevitability and then dare them to argue that we should fight the inevitable.
3. Number your reasons, for organization and future reference.
4. Before a controversial discussion or argument, take a moment to anticipate your opponent’s arguments.
5. Be honest when you notice yourself rambling or straying from the question asked. Admit that you may not have answered the question, AND if you’re on the other side –just rephrase the question when you hear that, don’t gloat.
6. Acknowledge the validity of the other’s question – even if there’s some issue the other failed to consider.
7. Recognize when a piece of your argument is not strong enough for your whole position to rest on, but is perhaps just a collateral consequence or fringe benefit, as Christine said, of the thing you are arguing for.
8. Ask a WHY question if you need to buy time to think.
9. Try to keep your analogies relevant to something that people deal with everyday.
10. Bring both percentages and raw numbers with you into discussions where money plays an important role.
11. Tell your opponent when they bring up a point that is good – and maybe one you never thought about.

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