Practising Constructive Arguments

Here’s what I want you to do this week: actually use these skills.

Pick something you care about, but not something that’ll have you lying awake at three in the morning. Maybe it’s about whether a particular public figure is incompetent or just pretending to be, or whether someone’s latest scandal actually matters.

Start paying attention to the reasoning errors that crop up absolutely everywhere once you know what to look for.

Watch any political discussion on TV or scroll through social media for five minutes. You’ll see people committing false dichotomies left and right: “Either you think this politician is a saint or you’re basically evil yourself.”