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How to debate a stupid person | Jonny Thomson
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How to debate a stupid person | Jonny Thomson
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Big Think (@bigthink) on X
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How to Debate a Stupid Person | basic human empathy debate
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How to Debate a Stupid Person | basic human empathy debate
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Straw Man vs. Steel Man: Improve Your Arguments
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Straw Man vs. Steel Man: Improve Your Arguments
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Jonny Thomson on Instagram: "What makes a person stupid? What makes an action stupid? For some people, stupidity is the same as dumbness. It’s about brainpower, or maybe IQ. For others, stupidity is foolishness. It’s when we don’t think about the consequences of our actions enough. But according to Adorno and Horkheimer, stupidity is a kind of blind spot. In this week’s Mini Philosophy newsletter, we explore the idea that stupidity is a learned blindness. It’s when some negative experience in ou
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Jonny Thomson on Instagram: "What makes a person stupid? What makes an action stupid? For some people, stupidity is the same as dumbness. It’s about brainpower, or maybe IQ. For others, stupidity is foolishness. It’s when we don’t think about the consequences of our actions enough. But according to Adorno and Horkheimer, stupidity is a kind of blind spot. In this week’s Mini Philosophy newsletter, we explore the idea that stupidity is a learned blindness. It’s when some negative experience in ou
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Why you should question everything (according to philosophy) @philosophyminis
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Why you should question everything (according to philosophy) @philosophyminis
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Jonny Thomson on Instagram: "You can never be right. You can never say a belief is true or false, because in every discussion, debate, and line of reasoning, there will come a point when you have to give up. You can carry on trying if you want, but according to Agrippa’s trilemma, you will inevitably, and always, reach one of three problematic points. The first is an infinite regress, and this is when you will go on, and on, and on, until you have no grounding whatsoever. The second is known as
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Jonny Thomson on Instagram: "You can never be right. You can never say a belief is true or false, because in every discussion, debate, and line of reasoning, there will come a point when you have to give up. You can carry on trying if you want, but according to Agrippa’s trilemma, you will inevitably, and always, reach one of three problematic points. The first is an infinite regress, and this is when you will go on, and on, and on, until you have no grounding whatsoever. The second is known as
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Jonny Thomson on Instagram: "Plato thought that debates were stupid and dangerous, and given that Plato is generally considered to be one of the greatest philosophers of all time, it might sound odd that he is so scathing of debates. But according to Plato, debates are never about philosophy or the truth. They are about ego, pride, and winning at any cost. In his Dialogues, Plato criticises the sophists, who, amongst other things, were professional debaters, and so they would teach members of th
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A ‘devil's advocate’ is when somebody argues for a position they do not actually believe in, and while most people see it as a debating trick or something annoying people do at parties, it has an interesting historical story, and it is important philosophically. In the Catholic Church, if somebody is nominated for sainthood, the Vatican would appoint an official called the Devil's Advocate. The person's entire job was to argue against the candidate. They were to find every flaw, every doubt, eve
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I’m often asked what the point of philosophy is, and I usually say that philosophy is what allows us to pull up, to scrutinise, and then to reject, accept, or to modify our beliefs. It’s what prevents us from becoming indoctrinated, closed-minded, or wilfully idiotic. But how can we actually do that? Well, here are three ways, from small to big. The first is to take a leaf out of Karl Popper’s book and to look for falsifying information. Find a belief that you are not 100% sure on, and try to fi
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Let's say you make your point clearly, carefully, and politely. But rather than address your argument, the other person says, 'You would think that because you are a man.' Or they say something like, 'Well, you would say that because you are young, or you are a teacher, or you are a mother.’ Or whatever. In 1941, C.S. Lewis gave a name for this trick, and he called it a Bulverism. And it starts with a story: Imagine a young boy called Ezekiel Bulver watching his parents debate some geometry. His
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In 2004, the psychologist Barry Schwartz argued there are two different kinds of people. There are ‘maximisers’ and ‘satisficers.’ Maximisers need the best thing, whereas satisficers are okay with a good enough thing. And study after study shows that satisficers are happier, not because they have the best things, but because they are not tortured by the want of what they do not have or what they did not do. For example, suppose that Joe the maximiser flops on to the sofa. He opens Netflix and he
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The Dangers of Stupidity According to Bonhoeffer
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Understanding Human Behavior: Insights from Surrounded by Idiots
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Why Plato Criticized Debates and Eristic Tactics
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Kantian Deontology: Why Immanuel Kant Says Lying Is Always Wrong
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Motte and Bailey Fallacy Explained: Shifting Claims
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Existentialism vs Absurdism: Key Philosophical Differences
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The Bypassing Technique: A New Approach to Misinformation
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Hanlon's Razor Meaning: Don’t Attribute to Malice What Can Be Explained by Incompetence
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