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Journalism is an excellent minor. Criminal justice and psychology are excellent complements. - Journalism will teach you who to ask questions of [to achieve th
by jstarfish 3y ago
Journalism is an excellent minor. Criminal justice and psychology are excellent complements.
- Journalism will teach you who to ask questions of [to achieve the goal of accountability].
- Criminal justice will teach you what questions to ask [to achieve the goal of conviction/correction].
- Psychology will teach you how to ask questions [to achieve the goal of interrogation]. All interrogation and sales techniques are rooted in exploitation of psychology, but some people just have a natural knack for this. In both, the goal is to groom/break you into giving [something] you are inclined to withhold.
Philosophy likely factors in here too but I'm less familiar with that field. People appreciate Ethics about as much as they appreciate someone pulling the fire alarm and yelling racial slurs at evacuees in the parking lot. I've never found much use in naming logical fallacies (IME it's the domain of pseudointellectual internet bullies and pre-law students), but could see it being a way for oneself to reason why you're pursuing something. Self-righteousness substitutes well enough.
- fragmede 3y agoAd-hominem fallacy comes up pretty frequently, as people buy into it a lot. Pointing it out doesn't make someone a bully, usually the other person saying those things in order to convince others is the one being a bully.
- P_I_Staker 3y agoYes, I study logical fallacies and how to use them. Ad-hominem is a really powerful one.