How to persuade me

If we're in such a conversation, and you want to persuade me, here are some things you can do which will improve your chances.

Some of these are general tips for thinking well, but others are just things that I find especially persuasive due to my own biases. Either way, if you do these things, I will find your argument more persuasive regardless of how true it is.

• Repeat my viewpoint back to me; more broadly, convince me that you actually understand my viewpoint.
• Explicitly tell me what you want in a way that is distinct from persuading me about the most effective way to pursue that. In other words, tell me your values separately from telling me your beliefs/plans/policies.
• Voluntarily and explicitly tell me the negative aspects of your idea or plan at the start, along with the positive aspects. Don't make me drag it out of you, that makes me frustrated and severely lowers your chances.
• Even more persuasive is if you "bite the bullet" about the negative aspects of your idea. If you acknowledge that there are significant negative aspects of your idea which naively seem unacceptable, but you still maintain that your plan is the best available option when considered as a whole, I find that clarity of conviction to be appealing.
• Say "X is actually just a different form of Y", "X and Y are actually deeply the same thing", etc. I find such framings to be quite interesting, if they're actually correct. If you present such a framing but it is sophomoric and ridiculous instead of true, I will be less persuaded instead of more.
• Show constructive proof of your idea's goodness.
• Make explicit, measurable predictions about the effects of some idea or policy. Bonus points if you record those publicly. Even more bonus points if you bet on those predictions in some way.
• Reference historical precedent for your idea, and/or show that lots of people agree with you about it.
• Provide some kind of evidence that you have thought about this idea a lot. For example, show something you've written about this, or cite evidence you've previously collected, or talk about how your thinking on this idea has evolved over time, or something else entirely.
• Anti-recommendation: I try to cultivate sympathy for all of humanity. If you mock or insult an "acceptable target" in the middle of an argument, sometimes I will unthinkingly agree with you and be more persuaded, but more often I will think you're a jerk.