# Can the Socratic Method win any argument

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-socratic-method-win-any-argument/681809
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [February 20, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-socratic-method-win-any-argument/681809 "2014-02-20T18:40:05Z")
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### Author: ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-socratic-method-win-any-argument/681809/57 "2014-02-21T06:09:35Z")

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> [@Robert163](#):
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> i mean by abusing the method and basically wearing someone down until the point they give up from frustration. not advocating it though.

> [@simster](#):
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> Kinda like you’re doing here and in you’re other threads.

> [@tomndebb](#):
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> That is not “abusing” the Socratic method, it is trolling.

> [@What exactly is required for a PHd in (Christian) Theology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-required-for-a-phd-in-christian-theology/681784/108):
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> or maybe you’re not bright enough to notice that i’m just f\_ucking with people. like not all the time but yeah, i do it a lot. BUT it seems as if most everyone else here does too.

Just, wow. You might have trouble on message boards and in real life… Come to think of it, I hope you _are_ “just f\_ucking with people” here, because if you think this is how to treat people, how to have a ‘debate’ or a conversation, you may have a problem.

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