Changing your mind well

A good question to ask of any view you hold: what would change my mind? If the honest answer is "nothing", the view is no longer a conclusion — it has become a position you are defending.

Changing your mind is not losing. It is the point of looking at evidence at all. It can also be partial: "I'm less sure than I was" is a real and useful move.

Saying out loud what would change your mind also helps the other person. It tells them which evidence actually matters to you, so the conversation can go somewhere.