How to disagree
Submitted by weitzman on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 01:26
I just read a brilliant short essay by Paul Graham called How to Disagree. Please stop and read it too.
This essay is public education at its finest. It should be required reading for every voter. With this knowledge, we can actually evaluate how honest and intelligent a person's debate is. We can recognize refutation from ad hominem. This is super important when judging a candidate for public office.
I have long mused that we need to educate the average person in the USA about how to recognize types of discourse. How could we "spice up" Paul's essay so that it is digestable by the average man? This is of vital importance.
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