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Originally Posted by dippin
People keep going on and on about feelings, being nice, etc. And it has nothing to do with that. As some have mentioned, it has everything to do with persuasion.
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So while being correct is important, learning how to discuss and present arguments is also at least as important. Heck, in graduate school most of what you are learning is how to persuade your peers that your work is correct. Being right is of no use if you can't convince anyone of it, so like it or not form is as important as content.
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I agree, and it applies even outside of graduate school.
He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still;
Which he may adhere to, yet disown,
For reasons to himself best known. -Samuel Butler, Hudibras
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