The most obvious yet overlooked point in examination of the Socratic Method is that if you are debating Socrates, the one thing you must never do is agree with him. As soon as Socrates' opponent says, "that is so, Socrates" (or some similar affirmation), it's all over. Most of the questions Socrates asks lead his interlocutor into oversimplification or equivocation with regard to his own argument. Many of the most humiliating exchanges in the Dialogues of Plato could have been avoided if Socrates' opponent had qualified his agreement.