How To Win Every Argument - Mehdi Hasan | Intelligence Squared
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- Mehdi Hasan is one of the most formidable debaters and interviewers of our times, famous on both sides of the Atlantic for the hard-hitting exchanges he conducts with politicians on his MSNBC television show. And in March 2023 he came to the Intelligence Squared stage in London to reveal his tips and techniques of persuasion, which he sets out in his new book Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking.
As Hasan points out, there is no escaping arguments. Whether on Twitter, in Parliament or at the dinner table, we all feel the very human urge to voice our disagreement. Arguing itself often gets a bad rap and is blamed for everything from political polarisation to marital breakdown. But as Hasan contends, debate and argument are the very lifeblood of democracy. They are a means of establishing the truth, of opening our minds to new ideas and of working our way through problems. We just need to get better at them.
Taking us from Demosthenes to Churchill, from Cicero to Martin Luther King, Tony Blair and Elizabeth Warren, Hasan showed the importance of the art of persuasion throughout history and explain how we can all master this vital skill.
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Mehdi should be the standard for all journalism. Every journalist should do their homework, ask tough follow up questions, and scrutinize conflicts of interest. It's incredible how refreshing we find someone like Mehdi because he actually does good journalism. His style should be the norm across the board.
You do realise British people now are natives right? 90% of the white British population ancestors never left Britain and actually fought against colonisers.
I’m Celtic and British…my ancestors never left Britain and our standard of living only increased during the Industrial Revolution that the working class British started in the north of England…they had nothing to do with the royal family and upper class do abroad nor did it impact their lives apart from being taxed and starved to death for centuries to fund these royal colonial trips…we got nothing back
Mehdi Hassan will always be remembered as one of the most formidable contributors to the serious and committed journalism.
Are you joking? He’s a hypocrite who criticises everyone but his own people
Mehdi has an unusual facility over language. He is an individual of absolute integrity. I have great respect for him.
If you are not a Muslim, he thinks you are an animal.
He is brilliant ..
God bless his heart, and reserve him.
One of the most brilliant and intelligent public speakers I’ve ever watched
Great guest, great interview. Intelligence-accomplished! 👏
How is he so eloquent?😮
Fantastic interview Mehdi! We need more of you in the world!
27:20
Worth it to see John Bolton wide-eyed deer in the headlight
and then passing it off
28:30 Bolton .... BOLTS !!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Mehdi hassan is our favorite journalist. I love him.
Super conversation.
Mehdi Hassan, George Galloway, Tony Benn.. factual, brave, brilliant. On the other hand, I enjoy listening to Hitchens brothers, Andy Murray ... Although they r rude... Oh I forgot Reza Aslan. But Noam Chomsky he's very thorough.. Especially his books. I have respect for Paxman, and the Rude Piers
When you watch Chomsky in 'discussion' in recent years the person interviewing rarely disagrees, just listens as if to a prophet. In reality, much of what Chomsky states is nonsense.
@@user-zc4yd9ss7hJust like you 😅😅🎉
I think you mean Douglas Murray cos Andy Murray is a tennis player. Chomsky is. B. O. F.,,😆😆😆😂
@@user-zc4yd9ss7h And you are full of horseshyt!
Mehdi is simply that sharp guy we all wanna be, but with more sophistication
That is an excellent way to put it.
Hasan is not respected in the U.K. stop talking rubbish hasan is a comedy show in the Muslim world we call him porky HARAM
We must be seeing two different people.
👍 He's got a razor-sharp intellect, and he's not afraid to get _all_ of the information, before forming his opinion.
“Mehdi Hassan, award-winning journalist”
Participation trophy?
Jamal Khashoggi R.I.P.
Mehdi Hassan and George galloping Galloway are two brilliantly talented British men that have terrorised the art of debate….
oooooh I like that. very well said.😔😔😔😔
Both fell short of the late Christopher Hitchens, but then so did every other human that's ever lived.
@@MikBak1814 Hitchens, great at debate, but towards the end that which he debated for got further and further away from what was right.
@@miniman2132 Totally agree, Ben. I constantly make that point. Until his death he maintained that he “vibrated to Marxism” but he had a really funny way of showing it. I think we see the same phenomenon with the likes of Brand, Taibbi, Gabbard and Dore. It’s pretty simple: drifting (grifting) right gets you a payday.
@@MikBak1814 Oh ho ho what a smart enlightened leftist anarcho syndicalist guy has mikhail bakunin as his name wow, yes you are right conservatives wrong leftists right anyone not a leftist is evil, now let me keep pretending like I am educated by blindly believing in my messiah chomsky
Mehdi Hassan an awesome speaker with very strong personality & vocabulary
Well Vivek didn't do his homework haha! I think he was selling a book haha!
Undoubtedly a great debater. Do we arrive at the truth? Are we lead into false conclusions by a verbal trickster? Are we impressed by his skills.. by most of the comments fawningly so! Terrifying!
It worries me slightly that so many comments on TH-cam do indeed simply praise uncritically the arguments of the person with whom they tend to agree. This is especially the case in debates/discussions on subjects like geo- politics and religion/atheism.
Thanks for cutting through the B. S. That Machiavellian Mehdi sure is intoxicated by the exuberance of his own dogmatic verbosity. I watched one of his debates where he confirmed that he loved the ideas and practices of a 1200 year old dehydrated delusional madman more than his own child. Well I can tell you that was enough revelation of the true nature of the beast. ❤
Ah, you have arrived at the crux! A verbal trixter indeed and, occasionally, an incredibly stupid & arrogant one!
I have etched in to my mind his discussion with Richard Dawkins and his declaration he believed in vestal virgins & winged horses!
His credibility ought never have recovered from that. Evidently there are many people out there more fool than he!
Beating your opponent sounds cruel even violent. More humane would have opponents sit down and together analyze issues and creatively utilize and blend seemingly conflicting ideas.
A greater value than winning is
the value of loving kindness ; where the outcome is both sides live side by side united by an overarching greater good .
I would direct people to his debate with Richard Dawkins about religion. When Dawkins pressed him on teaching certain beliefs to his children he refused to engage and shifted the conversation away from it. That's how you win a debate apparently.
Perhaps he should change the name of his book to “how to delude yourself that you’ve won a debate”? I’ve watched numerous of his public debates, Can’t remember a single example of him distinguishing himself. The comparison with Hitchens was laughable.
He clearly lost with Dawkins.
Personally I think religion is pointless because you do not need an institution to validate that you believe in a creative force higher than yourself.
The main issue is mehdi is journalist not expert in religious and theology study so whereas Dawkins is very elequent old man with devastating satanic and hatred mind using fake darwinism to spread evil views.... But issue is he himself has nothing to present... He cleverly comes with texts of Religious out of context and then present in distorted way...... That was case ....ofcourse mehdi is young and unexperince in that field.... So he may lose arguing sometimes..... Overall he has good qualities for arguments
@@hassanshahzad7380 i disagree with your assumption of Dawkins completely. And your bound to say thaat to defend your faith. i agree he has some good qualities for debating and i overall i like the guy but i must say he's just becoming a mouth piece for the left. Shame.. Douglas Murray also came out on top of a few short debates he had with him.
I've followed and appreciated Mehdi for years, but now that he's on MSNBC the question must be asked: has he become a corporate shill? I realize Al Jazeera is also a corporation, but in the UK, where he was based and reported, their bias is less relevant than it would be in Qatar. At MSNBC (Comcast) the corporate agenda has always been very clear and a number of quality journalists once employed by them (Cenk, Krystal Ball) have spoken out about the "Manufactured Consent" and "Propaganda Model" employed by the editorial heads. So won't it now become reflexive for Mehdi to minimize or outright ignore Democratic malfeasance while on the other hand solely focusing on GOP transgressions ( granted of which there are an almost infinite supply)?
Read your book, Mehdi. I gathered a couple of your ideas for a speech of mine. For example: the Rule of Three. Thx! 👍
TAKE UP BOXING!
I have a crush on Mehdi
Uuuum! enjoying from Kampala, Uganda
When he said MSNBC is news😂 . I Spit out my coffee .
Mehdi Hasan whom I respect so much hasn’t actually every argument in his life. He was looking like a fool in front of Richard Dawkins. I do not mean to disrespect Mehdi but it is what it is.
Starmer needs to read this book.
32:00 “Your show … is it an endangered form?”
You could say that… yeah
The great Mass Debate
talking non stop is Mehdis way to win an argument.
But he also shows up with receipts. That’s the difference you plant pot.
I like people “who want to have an argument in good faith,” yes, he does, because as he just explained he will not return the courtesy of a good faith argument. And that friends, is why you should never trust this man. He just told you for 30 minutes to use whatever tricks you need, then told you he likes an opponent that is acting in “good faith,” that is the worst kind of discovery of “truth” you could possibly hope for. And even worse he brags about it being good for his career. So in summary he’ll do whatever he must, truth be damned, to make money. Interesting
*Knowing what tf you're talking about, is not a "trick."*
Saying, _"So in summary,"_ followed by a malicious pretense, is a _"trick,"_ Trixy.
I don't want a battle.
I seek for knowlage.
Both sides.
Mahdi is like warm attorney!
Mehdi Hasan is one of most talented journalists in the world
❤ How do I get this book?
One of the most important and smart figures of our time, thank you for your work Mehdi
hahaha log off your burner Mehdi, no one with a brain cell believes this guy is important or smart. He's a propagandist for the corrupt Democrats
He's an absolute grifter
He's a disingenuous charlatan.
Yeah smart in a Machiavellian kinda way he gives me the creeps.
you must be easily pleased.
Absolute respect for Mehdi Hasan.
How to win a debate with Mehdi Hassan?
Debate him.
Or be Richard Dawkins & ask him about credulity, the Khoran, & winged horses!
Mehdi Hasan is far too British Empire for my liking. He says; oh, you make a good point to other British people but than he attacks Muslims and other Middle Eastern people.
And George Galloway Vs Christopher Hitchens and Christopher Hitchens vs Michael Parenti - Iraq and the future of US foreign policy.
Christopher Hitchens got his arse handed to him in both debates?!
"just because they are trying to confuse you, doesn't mean they themselves are confused" ~ Parenti on fire!!!
There should be a veteran committee on every board my last point
MH lost to Richard Dawkins.
in dreams
@@yuutuubuu i was there in person.
How to win every argument.... By talking over other people and never letting them finish a statement in front of a crowd or audience friendly to you.
When has winning an argument ever solved a problem?
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Typical British faux self-deprecating but actually self-praising "I spent my school days in the corridor because I knew all the answers". Right.
Mehdi definitely didn't win when arguing with Richard Dawkins !
It was interview, not a debate like intelligence square.
@@cobaltbomba4310 I didn't say it was a debate. It was ironic that Mehdi is instructing us how to win every argument when there's one he can't win.
@@davidlamb7524 Medhi is paid propagandist for establishment in DC, but his debating skills cannot be overlooked, I think he is always willing to sell his skills at high price regardless of principles.
The only thing wrong with the book, no rise or argument for a better life
You are a genius and am glad you are a muslim. May Allah SWT continue to increase you in all measures.
Suffering from the thought disease of religion automatically disqualifies one as capable of logical reasoning.
@Jamilatu Shardow would you have still liked him if he was a jew or some other form of infidel ?
@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 Your argument is entirely based on your perception for which you have no basis. It’s pretty morally confronting to see you and those like you argue that religion disqualifies one of logical capacities, when the lack of religion is the disease. Religion is guidance, whether you believe it right or wrong, religion gives you universal morals from your Creator, it provides you with a concrete system for dealings in this life, a concrete system for dialogue with others, it provides you with a certainty that what you are doing is right or wrong. Instead, you prefer to turn back on your heels from The One who created you and follow your own, limited by most means, logic and desire. An atheist has absolutely no moral basis for anything except by vice of his own delusion. The laws of a secular country are constantly in movement, with no stability and certainty. John Stuart Mill - I’ve read him, and honestly, a great philosopher - however when he attempted to find a basis for atheist morality, he was confronted in his own book with problems and dilemma. Feinberg abandoned after 200 pages of attempting to rationalise and find a solution to the problems that arose. The heart of a religious person is more serene and tranquil in regards to his certainty for right and wrong than the heart of a disbeliever, constantly wavering between doubt and delusion of might and power. You have a Creator - unless you created yourself or you were created from nothing - and your Creator knows best what is good for you. May The Creator of the Heavens and the Earth and what is between them guide you to the correct path.
@Smithery T. Locks.
Religion is spread EXACTLY like racism.
An infected adult passes their thought disease to their emotionally dependent and intellectually inadequate child who looks to the adult to be their 100% truth teller.
Children have zero intellectual means or autonomy to challenge their overseer and caregiver.
Additionally, you know less than nothing about the nature of awareness, consciousness, self, and reality, nor do the halfwits that write bibe holes.
Allah and you are increasing him in stupidity for sure. 😀
Lemme tell u all one thing. This video suggests that the only way to counter speaker of a calibre as Mehdi is to use that satire which you'd throw every now and then in response to his bursting statements, and what it looks like that his argument shall lose importance that it usually holds.
finally
Arthur Schopenhauer was first...as he said it is practical...so let's 📚 read
When don’t let the other guy speak, “you know if you really watch any his interviews, he never really listens”. He just got that one Oxford debate going for him, where his argument is clearly flawed but graced because the counter debater was weak and fearful.
What flawed argument are you referring to?
Just one Oxford Union debate? are you for real? That was just a start and afterwards he's been testifying each day till now that he is a genuine exponent of debate and caliber
You would say that being an indian fascist Hindu representing rss hindutiv agenda targeting Muslims regarding whether they are right or wrong free your heart from hate for hate is sickness my friend
He wins argument by switching subjects and shifting goal posts. Looking forward to reading his book 😂
You lose a debate before you start when you convinced yourself you can’t win the debate 😂
Hhhhhh
Hasan is meant to be a journalist but no transparency he's a joke always was especially in London U.K.
if it's Mehdi you better bring your lunch.😔😔😔
@Salat Even if you Debate god himself. And he is a human not a god
@@cmnsnserite9944 He pays for it 😈
Only jokes is world ❤❤❤
Remember that time leaked video's got released about Mehdi saying extremely demoralizing things?
Mehdi is simple the best! He should definitely moderate one of the next presidential debate in the US.
terrorist shouldn't be allowed in us politics.
“If you’re a prosecutor…” and that’s the problem, his ethos does not contain the possibility he might be wrong. Every job out there requires some level of self reflection and search for truth. If we strip that away we are just barbarians.
😂😂😂🎉
A prosecutor does NOT compile a case, file a case, take their case to court, start arguing it, and *THEN* engage in _self-reflection_ and a _search for truth._ FFS! You clearly - as is clear in _ALL_ of your comments - just have a grudge against this man. I presume you're an intractably-offended Matt Taibbi fan _(inferring from another of your comments)._ Matt got something *_very badly wrong_* and he got called on it. An adult should be able to handle that.
Mehdi I love you brother.
leslie stahl should have read this book before her pathetic interview of MTG
She is old. She had to leave long ago.
@@TinLeadHammer Andrea Mitchell loses her train of thought in mid-sentence.
Imagine being his wife, Just losing every argument
I doubt it. I think he is respectful man, he purposely let's her win few debates to make her happy.
This Medhi man is a con
artiste🎉
36:00
Good stories.
THIS GUY SPEAKS SO FAST ...... IT FAILS TO GET REGISTERED ! GETTING BUGGED ======= MATTS'
Mehdi Hassan vs Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro vs Mehdi Hassan
🤔
Winner debates Jon Stewart
Mehdi Hasan, How to win a debate. Nice to see you sitting with Jen Psaki, casually not in front of a microphone. Always great to hear your opinions.
a man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still..
Why they are not targeted like couple others for speaking truth? This puzzle remains to be solved or told by insiders, what is truth.
I don't like Mehdi Hasan all that much, but I have to say he is looking good. He's put on some, just some more weight and bulk, has gotten a nice tan (is less pale).
Hello how I can get Mehdi's book.
Beating your opponent sounds cruel even violent. More humane would have opponents sit down and together analyze issues and creatively utilize and blend seemingly conflicting ideas.
A greater value than winning is
the value of loving kindness ; where the outcome is both sides live side by side united by an overarching greater good .
When I watched RIchard Dawkins slap him about in a interview a few years ago, I never thought that some years later he would write a book on how to win every debate!!😂😂😂
Except, Dawkins did nothing of the sort lol. If you're referencing that part about flying horses, know had Mehdi decided to dive deeper into the matter, Dawkins would've fallen flat on his face because (fact check) there is no such thing as flying horses in the Quran
@@bajaroshun5328 Exactly! 🤣
@@bajaroshun5328 but river of wine and endless supply oh hookers is, right?
You don’t really understand the logic of how you can downplay your opponent in a debate as Mehdi puts it in his book, the ad hominem factor….
If so...life is win and loss...who does win every time?
that was interesting. NOW, CAN YOU TELL US HOW TO WIN EVERY ARGUMENT, PLEASE?
never win cheap, buy the book
Mehdi Hassan you are just superb. God bless you.
Hasan is a pork eating HARAM fool🐖
A liar can change words
I love watching Medhi Hassan totally breaking all the rules of logic, being arrogant, and thinking anyone of any real intelligence are swayed by fallacious arguments.
Here’s an example: Hasan believes Mohammed flew to Jerusalem on a winged horse. His entire view on religion is that it’s true because he believes it.
When debating or trying to trash Matt Tiabbi, he tried to negate his reporting by pointing out one inconsistency and apply it to the whole body of work.
The fact that he believes that argumentation is more important than the truth tells you everything you need to know. “Go against the ball and the player.” Ad Hominem attacks are like the first and only logically fallacy most people know. When a person does this it means that they aren’t interested in truth. Hasan isn’t interested in truth, and you should be anxious about his motives.
Ad Hominem attacks can be vital to winning an argument as Mehdi said.
I can't comment on your second paragraph (I've never heard him say anything of the kind), however your first and third paragraphs are UNTRUE, and your fourth paragraph is PROJECTION. .
Hasan wiped the floor with Taibbi. Not just because Mehdi's a better debater, but because Matt's massively wrong. Describing multiple factual errors - and the massively misleading conclusions that were *_BASED ON_* those factual errors - as "one inconsistency," is pi†ifuIIy dishonest.
Proving someone is wrong, is not "trashing them." Posting a wilfully-dishonest, mewling, comment, however, DOES qualify as "trashing" Mehdi. YOU aren't interested in the truth. YOUR motives are to be questioned.
If the first and only logical fallacy you've heard of, is "Ad Hominem attacks" then you might _also_ have a limited familiarity with terms like "projection," and may therefore be unfamiliar with which of your behaviours it refers to. So maybe look that up, unless you're fully aware of it, and your behaviour is intentional.
I know this guy but the title of video is disgusting, how to win every argument? Even if you are wrong, even if you are lying? Even if you don't have any arguments. This guy is from the left, it's an important point, that's why he talks about debate like marketing lol I don't care if Mehdi Hassan is the best debater, tell me if he is the most intelligent and he is not or the most honest, he isn't either, I watched him on Intelligence Squared debate, he's not always in the team that wins anyway.
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Inter view the god
"Just accuse them of being racist and say that their arguments are antisemitic. "
If we’re following Mehdi’s approach to arguing then we could just make up our own “facts” or use the ones that the media, government, and academia make up. Winning an argument today is easy bc almost nobody knows that what we call facts and truth are almost entirely false.
and yet you write with all the arrogance of someone who believes their opinions are facts
@@Drummer1000George just like you! You obviously are a fan of this vile guy.
that's also misreading ...he is just being COMBATIVE for TV rating
@USmetallist He plays to the audience-he's a narcissist and he moves on quickly when someone bites back...
@@Drummer1000George Oh the irony...
My favourite journalist of all time
Mehdi comes to debate in winning advance!
Socialist communist
I think you are doing a great deal of damage. It's time you speak the real truth for the people of the world.
'How to win every argument' is one of the greatest book I've read on the subject of debating.as an Atheist it helped me a great deal in tackling the arguments of my BELIVER friends.our relationship has improved drastically.
I might be able to debate mehdi Hassan now, thanks to Him and his fabolous Book.
You chose the wrong path.
meshing doesn't win arguments he just simply denies the opponents point and claims victory.
How do I get a copy? I'm from Liberia
Buy a used bird-cage. Look in the bottom.
Mehdi is the quintessential sophist
Mehdi may have the skills to argue whether or not he’s right but he certainly doesn’t have humility. I’m not impressed. He’s full of arrogance without apology. There’s nothing admirable about his behaviour.
Arrogance has no limits.
Mahdi is good but Christpher Hichens 19:00 would go circles around Mehdi
Pity you can’t spell his name! It’s Hitchens not Hichens. Silly 💩.
Thank you - Terrific, enjoyable interview . Mr Hasan is a very interesting and passionate speaker.
Apparently one technique for not losing an argument is simply to not give the other speaker an opportunity to say anything .😊😊😊
This guy Mehdi like 2 talk over people 😭😭😭😭😭. Let them talk man. U talk like gun machine non stop 🛑 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. This guy need Christian Prince 💯 👍
U mean the coward who doesn't have courage to show his face 😄
Hahaha he would eat your Christian princess alive. Christian princess never shows her face, that’s the sign of a coward.😂
Formidable debater is not something that comes to mind when I see debates with Mehdi 😂
@@yourlogicalnightmare1014 you are right, thanks! Fixed
It Does to me. Mehdi is Brilliant.
Partisan hack.
Hassan is a profound liar. That's how he thinks he wins every argument.
what Lies has he told? any evidence?
The guy is a cheap hack that got absolutely murdered in every debate I've ever seen him in 🙄 My favorite is probably him vs. Douglas Murray, absolute bloodbath.
That's the problem with seeing the world through the eyes of a Iunatic. Where most people see Mehdi use facts & reason to disprove Iies & fallacies, _you_ see him suffer a "bIoodbath." It's quite creepy, to be honest.
LOL nonsense. I already know your position with that one statement. And that's not good .. we might as well talk to a bot. @@abby-usivemonopoly5529
He wins every argument by lying and distorting the facts.
Mehdi's wife is right.......he does not listen!
Love u mehdi hassan from Pakistan 🇵🇰
Mehdi Hasan will go down in history as one of the greatest debaters of our century ATLEAST
Mehedi Hasan is very intelligent person. I like sir🎉