Guides & Articles

Practical guides on argument skills, debate techniques, logical fallacies, and the psychology of persuasion — from the team behind ShouldaSaid.

Argument Skills

Guide

How to Win Any Argument: 10 Techniques That Actually Work

Practical techniques used by lawyers, negotiators, and debate champions — without shouting or getting personal. Covers steelmanning, the Socratic method, framing, epistemic calibration, and more.

Reference

Common Logical Fallacies: What They Are and How to Spot Them

15 logical fallacies with real examples and counter-strategies. How to respond when someone uses a fallacy on you — and why fallacies work even when logically wrong.

Psychology

Why We Rehearse Arguments in Our Heads (And How to Stop Losing Them)

The neuroscience of being put on the spot, why shower arguments feel so satisfying, and what to actually do about the gap between thinking and performing under pressure.

Practice Resources

Topics

100+ Debate Topics for Students, Teams, and AI Practice

Curated debate topics across technology, ethics, education, environment, politics, and everyday life — with notes on what makes each one work as a debate topic.

Feature

Argument Simulator — Redo a Real Fight with AI

How the Personal Redo mode works, when to use it, and the psychology of rehearsing difficult conversations before you have them for real.

Feature

Vent to AI — No Scoring, No Judgment

The psychology of venting, why expressive disclosure helps process emotion, and how Vent Mode differs from the scored debate modes.

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