Is there a practical way of combining progress towards the attainment of truth with progress toward

“Is there a practical way of combining progress towards the attainment of truth with progress towards its acceptance? A possible solution of the problem is suggested by reflection on strategic principles—which point to the of maintaining an object consistently and, also, of pursuing it in a importance degree way adapted to circumstances. Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the of resistance can ‘be diminished—by giving thought not only to the aim but to the method of approach. Avoid a frontal attack on a long established position; instead, seek to turn it by flank movement, so that a more penetrable side is exposed to the thrust of truth. But, in any such in- direct approach, take care not to diverge from the truth—for nothing is more fatal to its real advancement than to lapse into untruth.”

Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, and Basil Henry Liddell Hart. Strategy. 2nd rev. ed, Meridian, 1991 p. 23.

The essence of the indirect approach. This is like the conversation in “Stranger Things”