my 2 cents on them:

I have often wondered why some people seem to get into very heated debates over things. When someone challenges something I believe in, it usually leads to me either changing my beliefs, or having a more solid grasp on what exactly I believe in. I see arguments as opportunities to grow missed. Instead of getting angry at someone for not seeing things how I see them, I instead try to be more clear as to why I see things the way I do by giving different examples, or by rewording my point. The problem however is some people just repeat themselves, making only an effort to disprove the other's view, while making little to no effort towards explaining their position. This never works because both sides already have came to separate conclusions. By attempting to disprove the other's view, you need more than just different interpretations of the data, because in most cases, other ways of seeing things were already considered. It is the explaining of your own point effectively that is most likely to get someone to see the error of their own thinking.