Major Flaws of Human Thinking

Re:Major Flaws of Human Thinking by umvi on Saturday December 05, 2020 @12:40PM (#25316454)

It can also help to occasionally play "devil's advocate" and argue for "the other side". This forces you to seriously consider the weaknesses of your own side and strengths of the other side. I've definitely developed more nuanced opinions as a result of playing devil's advocate

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Re:Major Flaws of Human Thinking by nekopa on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:31PM (#25316945)

I prefer the idea behind the steelman technique (as opposed to a strawman argument): state the position of the person you disagree with so well they say "I wish I had put it that way!" then proceed to refute the central argument.

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Re:Major Flaws of Human Thinking by _qulr on Saturday December 05, 2020 @01:05PM (#25316708)

There's a huge difference between playing devil's advocate in your own mind and doing it publicly.

The former may be useful. The latter is usually just annoying.

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