Is it a case that bad arguments are made on purpose? Maybe people know their position is so weak that they deliberately make their arguments vague. I had my world view shattered when I read a brilliant little book called "how to lie with statistics" and it made me realize that it wasn't bad data out there, it was deliberately misleading data! Do you think it's a case of people not knowing rhetoric and being poor at arguing or do you think people are misleading people on purpose? Either way, after watching your videos I feel as though I analyze arguments to a much deeper level. I have found that a vast majority of arguments are just people complaining about something, very few of them actually offer a solution. It seems as if most of it is designed to just make people angry, to divide people instead of giving practical solutions to issues. Another great video!
Thanks--I'm sure there's both going on. I'd like to believe that there are more people who make arguments because of a lack of skill (like passionate young people who rely on familiar slogans rather than careful persuasion), but there are surely those who are more deliberate about it in an effort to confuse or mislead. It's like the ancients said, learn rhetoric or you'll end up its victim!
Very good observations, and an accurate perspective of what the true issue seems to be. The two closing sentences of your comment should be consciously reflected upon in society, and by every individual person looking for truth and freedom. Let us be a force of good in our journey.
Is it a case that bad arguments are made on purpose? Maybe people know their position is so weak that they deliberately make their arguments vague. I had my world view shattered when I read a brilliant little book called "how to lie with statistics" and it made me realize that it wasn't bad data out there, it was deliberately misleading data! Do you think it's a case of people not knowing rhetoric and being poor at arguing or do you think people are misleading people on purpose? Either way, after watching your videos I feel as though I analyze arguments to a much deeper level. I have found that a vast majority of arguments are just people complaining about something, very few of them actually offer a solution. It seems as if most of it is designed to just make people angry, to divide people instead of giving practical solutions to issues.
Another great video!
Thanks--I'm sure there's both going on. I'd like to believe that there are more people who make arguments because of a lack of skill (like passionate young people who rely on familiar slogans rather than careful persuasion), but there are surely those who are more deliberate about it in an effort to confuse or mislead. It's like the ancients said, learn rhetoric or you'll end up its victim!
Very good observations, and an accurate perspective of what the true issue seems to be. The two closing sentences of your comment should be consciously reflected upon in society, and by every individual person looking for truth and freedom. Let us be a force of good in our journey.
the funny thing is is I saw a nuance ones as nuisance when I first read the title.maybe there's a little truth to that when it comes to arguing.
Ha! The trick is to pull of nuance without becoming a pedantic nuisance!
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