How do you win

[theleeroy55]

How do you win an arguement when you know you are wrong

[Andy008]

You can't.

[gary baldy]

Suspend your own disbelief and argue in a frame of mind in which you convince yourself you are right. Once you have won go back to your true feelings.
That makes you a smug hypocrite but hey you won didn't you?
Can i ask why you would want to win an argument you dont believe in? I'm not judging - i do it all the time but i'm a smug hypocrite and argue for sport.

[LeMarchand]

Ask any lawyer...

[misstaken15]

You can't

best solution is probably violence ;)

[boobesque]

if you are a man you never will, if you are a women then you are never wrong :-p

[NiceCupOfTea]

Blind them with statistics and big, big words. Look at your opponent in mocking disbelief whenever they say something you actually know to be correct. Or, as a last resort, drone on and on and on like my old boss.

[dzug]

As long as your opponents don't know you are wrong, just lie convincingly.

Or if you are a boss, just by being a boss.

[Loosehead]

You can't win an argument period. Have you ever known anyone admit they where wrong and adopt your view because of points and information you supplied. Even when the most crushing evidence is brought to bear very few people will admit they where wrong. They may go away and adopt some of your view quietly and then perhaps use it next time the subject comes up. Once someone is convinced of something then it's very difficult to convince them they are wrong. I mean the world is flat right?

[Sasha13]

depends what the argument is about, I have to do it loads as part of my job.

[mimififi]

Agree to disagree! Or, if you are a girl: Cry!

[Gnisy]

Hit'em on the head real hard and run like mad!

But seriously, there are a few ways. Say:
1) That''s exactly what I said! Haven't you been listening?
2) I'm telling on you.
3) Well, duh!

if 1, 2 and 3 fails, just look up, blink twice and say "my gosh, you're right ." then hit the pub.

There are more things in life than winning every argument, but there are even more ways to let them not enjoy winning the argument you lost. don't be a sore loser, that makes them happier.

[dosset]

become a politician

[joko]

i lose all respect for people who blunder on in arguments in which i know they are lying. its so pointless. its like someone arguing till they are blue in the face that MY hair is blonde when it is so blatantly brown - its pathetic.

some people resort to insults which just shows their fear and proves they know they are wrong and are desperate. As soon as that happens i know i've won.

when you are wrong its much better to just say something along the lines of - 'maybe you're right, you've raised an interesting point, i don't know whether i believe what you say, so i'll have to give it some thought'

people expect lies, deceit, sarcasm, mockery and blundering...when someone just says ok, they don't know how to respond.

[sp1814]

I can't believe everyone has missed the oldest, and most useful method of winning an argument...

You simply change your point of view...ever so slightly. All you have to do is alter your argument to such an extent where you can win, without actually appearing to have changed your position.

If this fails, you can blatantly change the subject of the argument with the sanguine words, "Okay, well what about the time when you/he/she/it..."

Works every time.

[mibn2cweus]

Don�t choose a position in which you might possibly be wrong in the first place. If you believe something might be or even should be true but are not certain try the ask more questions, state less �facts� approach; this way you have everything to gain and nothing to loose.

I have no problem with being proven wrong. The way I see it, I no longer suffer the consequences of a misinformed self and have something to work with to make myself better than ever. This makes me a winner in the end!

[vehelpfulguy]

There are ways. If you watch politicians or business people they do it all the time. Try watching a political program or a business program on TV and watch how the experts do it.

You can do it by changing the baseline of the argument or answering the wrong question (politicians do this all the time).

So if an interviewer says to a politician that "you promised to build 100 miles of new motorway last year but built only 20" the politician can say things like

"We only said we might", or "we decided to change our strategy to rail" or "that was before the Iraq war" or "building motorways was only part of a broad look at the integrated transport strategy".

In fact try to watch the comedy TV program "Yes Minister" or "Yes Prime Minister" for some wonderful examples of how to twist words around.

[vehelpfulguy]

Of course the other option is to admit straight away that you have lost, but then find something to crow about.

For example if a politician is on TV on election night and his party have had a drubbing, they will admit they have lost straight away, and then move on to bash the opposition.

So they may say:

"Yes we have had a bad night, but the labour party must be more disappointed because they expected to win 200 more seats and they only won a 100".

So accept you have lost quickly early on, then spend more time talking about something else to deflect the questions.

[EuanC]

Shout LOUDER !!

[misstaken15]

say random scientific words, end with the word 'yeah?!' then stick your middle finger up.