Hello! You are on the Free Opinion channel, thanks for reading me! Every positive and kind comment warms my soul! The article is subjective and expresses the personal opinion of the author. Twelve speculative argumentation methods: 1. The technique of exaggeration. 2. The technique of the joke. 3. The technique of using authority. 4. The technique of discrediting the interlocutor. It is based on the rule: if I can not refute the essence of the question, then at least it is necessary to question the identity of the interlocutor. 5. The technique of isolation is based on “pulling out” individual phrases from the speech, isolating them and presenting them in a truncated form so that they have a value opposite to the original one. 6. The technique of changing direction consists in the fact that the interlocutor does not attack your arguments, but proceeds to another question, which essentially has nothing to do with the subject of discussion. 7. Technique of crowding out - the interloc