[AnimalMuppet]

Genuinely listen, even to people who disagree with your strongly held opinions. Listen to really give their position a fair hearing, not just looking for something to argue with. This has several benefits:

- You could actually be wrong, even if you don't think that's possible. You might learn that your position is mistaken.

- You might see that the other person's position, while you still don't agree with it, is still not as nuts as you thought it was.

- Even for a position that you totally disagree with, you might learn how to better refute it. You might even learn how to more accurately state it in the process of refuting it. (It's always better to refute something that your opponents recognize as their real position, rather than a strawman.)