[bigbadfeline]

> What do you think a good faith person trying to persuade should do with this information? (Legit question...I've been wracking my brain about this)

I can tell you that but it depends on what you are trying to be convincing about. You seem to assume you have all the answers and persuasion is all that remains, but as I said, it depends, you might actually need to first figure out what's worthy of persuasion.