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Fallacies and mental models (like precepts) are also for one to internalize. Not to really only use in debates to win arguments. Unless one a lawyer or a politi
by ignoramous 6y ago
Fallacies and mental models (like precepts) are also for one to internalize. Not to really only use in debates to win arguments. Unless one a lawyer or a politician or something that stands to gain from untoward made-up agendas.
As with anything, the first step is awareness of the flaws, followed by working to correct those to whatever extent one can.
- Smaug123 6y agoIndeed! But the site emphatically does not lead with the lesson that the proper use of fallacy-knowledge is to give you the tools to examine your own thoughts. I hold a weak belief that bare lists of fallacies do more harm than good because they don't install the necessary prerequisite of epistemic uncertainty.