Effective Posting Styles (And Suggested Improvements)

I think it has a lot to do with being able to comprehend the exact position of the person you're debating. I personally have found myself talking in circles with someone because I didn't comprehend what they wrote and I assumed something else. Only to find out that we pretty much agreed but I dragged it on.It also requires, especially on a site like this where science is discussed at such an intellectual level, a true knowledge on the subject. In some topics, we can all sound like we know what the hell we're talking about, but really we don't. So we can get caught in a debate that we don't know too much about and end up arguing endlessly in the wrong direction.So I say both a real knowledge on the subject being discussed and a good ability to comprehend what the person you're debating wrote.With that said, my favorite posters are Mod in philosophical threads and Wounded King in biology/genetic's threads.
(There are many other posters that are just as good but these two are just my personal favorites)Neither of them gets too emotional (something a lot of us tend to do ) and they seem to be able to select the proper points being made by the person they're debating and breakdown their argument effectively. Which means they keep the debate on topic and don't veer of into a personal attack.I envy both of their methods of posting. I don't think I'll ever know as much as them on the subjects they're so effective in, but I'd like to get to their level of debating. But I get pissed off too much. - Oni

Probably not, but I do enjoy most of the post I get to read from him. And he's right to be aggressive in this day and age, when you have presidents leading us into war based on religious beliefs and funding being cut off from scientific endeavors based on the same beliefs. Beliefs not based on evidence have no place in modern society. Period. And we should argue this point aggressively.Anyone on this forum that can't take a hardy "go fuck yourself" every now and then should go fuck themselves.So keep up the good work Hooah, even though you're still a fag. - Oni

game recognizes game... I think it's as effective as everyone elses in that, you do what you do but in the end Buz, Dawn Bertot and the like will maintain their opinions. In fact, coming across too intellectual may even propel them to formulate their arguments better.Not for nothing, but Buz can hang with all of us for 700+ posts and not show a shred of having learned anything. Even with guys like Mod or Sun Goku who are rarely aggressive. He even thinks he came up with his own theory! So I don't think any of us are effective individually. I think if it's anything it's the overall existence of a place like EvC where the collective argument is the most effective.- Oni