The 10 Commandments of Logic

[poker]

To be a great keyboard warrior you have to stay hydrated, keep your fingers limber, make sure you have a good wifi connection, bookmark plenty of eyeglazing bullshit, and never ever admit you’re wrong.

We should teach an online coarse in this!

 

[Zoot Allures]

The irony of it all. Trump is the fake news

He has broken those commandants with over 30,000, count em,
30 thousand lies while President alone

 

[RaphaelD]

This is terrible advice.
Most likely, the other part will not be adhering to these rules, and if you are, you are at a disadvantage.
Better off teaching people how not to fall for all the logical traps these commandments are trying to avoid.
I mean, it will be great if everyone was being honourable in a discussion, then you would know how to behave with honour, but that is very unlikely to happen

 

[SchlongConery]

This is terrible advice.
Most likely, the other part will not be adhering to these rules, and if you are, you are at a disadvantage.
Better off teaching people how not to fall for all the logical traps these commandments are trying to avoid.
I mean, it will be great if everyone was being honourable in a discussion, then you would know how to behave with honour, but that is very unlikely to happen

We are only in control our own words, not others. Honourable men behave conduct themselves according to their own values.

 

[SeaGirth]

I think one of the main stumbling blocks to logical discussion is that many people have trouble distinguishing between “beliefs” and “facts”.

 

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[poker]

Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies

A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning. Logical fallacies are like tricks or illusions of thought, and they're often very sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people. Don't be fooled! This website has been designed to help you identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may...

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There is a test on Friday.