Comments on: The Role of Reading for Introverts and Extroverts http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2009/03/14/the-role-of-reading-for-introverts-and-extroverts/ The World according to the 'introvert' and the 'nerd' Tue, 29 May 2012 13:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gluon the Ferengi http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2009/03/14/the-role-of-reading-for-introverts-and-extroverts/#comment-1305 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:41:30 +0000 http://introvertchronicle.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-1305 Hello again, Axem

A classical debate is as much a clash of personalities and struggle for social dominance as it is a contest of logic.
And yes, the need to quickly improvise imposes severe limitations.

Look at the impact television has had on politics around the world. The demeanor or direction in which the debater has their hair parted seems to play as big a role as anything they actually say.

The written word, I think, is particularly powerful for addressing important issues.
Without voice, personal appearance, and body language, we are forced to deal in logic. And we can take our sweet time in arriving at our conclusions.

As an added bonus, logical discourse conducted through the written word effectively weeds out those who are dominated by their emotions and tend to judge any discourse based on superficial factors.

]]> By: Axem Grey http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2009/03/14/the-role-of-reading-for-introverts-and-extroverts/#comment-1303 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:05:10 +0000 http://introvertchronicle.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-1303 I love that last paragraph there. I’ve always felt more comfortable expressing myself through writing because I have more time to organize my thoughts and convey what I really feel in an efficient manner. In face to face conversation, it tends to feel too impromptu and fleeting to say anything of substance- or at least, to express myself to the extent that I desire. For the same reason, I harbor a bias against classical debate (or at least, what I perceive as such) and have always felt uncomfortable during those kinds of activities in school, even when I participated multiple times in one session.

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