I wonder what heuristics people here follow regarding the question of when “how to change (other) minds” is a good mindset to have as opposed to “how to bring both conversation partners into a state of willingness to change one’s mind”, i.e. oneself being open to having one’s mind changed as well, and then figuring out who has the right(er) idea about the topic at hand. The latter seems generally more sincere and useful, but I guess there are situations where you can be reasonably sure you really do know more about a topic than the other person and can be confident enough in your judgment that changing their mind is a reasonable goal to have.
I wonder what heuristics people here follow regarding the question of when “how to change (other) minds” is a good mindset to have as opposed to “how to bring both conversation partners into a state of willingness to change one’s mind”, i.e. oneself being open to having one’s mind changed as well, and then figuring out who has the right(er) idea about the topic at hand. The latter seems generally more sincere and useful, but I guess there are situations where you can be reasonably sure you really do know more about a topic than the other person and can be confident enough in your judgment that changing their mind is a reasonable goal to have.