Bad Faith Arguments & Straw Men ο½ A Critical Compass Clip
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about how important it is to be able to engage in rational debates, and how we have to be willing to disagree in order to understand what's going on in the world around us. We can't have rational debates if we don't have the ability to make rational arguments, and we can't talk about things in a rational way.
Transcript
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what bothers me the most is the inability to like talk about issues in an honest way and or
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i don't care what somebody's position is i care that they give valid reasons they understand
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all sides of the argument if somebody's unable to look at all sides and actually consider or if
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somebody's arguing against us and they misrepresent our point and frame it in a way that's just
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complete bs that's that's where i i draw the line like i'm i'm happy to disagree with somebody
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in a perfectly rational debate but when you frame things in a way that it's like you're missing the
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fundamental point and you're just either you're fall falling into in your your belief system
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talking points if you just regurgitate that rather than engaging in the actual points
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you're not getting any closer to understanding the world around us and that's what these
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conversations are we have to navigate the world and you have to understand what's going on and
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we have to be able to like actually address the points
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that's what you have to be able to like to see and feel free to be able toγγ both on their own