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"Basics of Rationalist Discourse" by Duncan Sabien

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You're Clearly Here in Bad Faith

When conversations get heated, it's important to keep in touch with the possibility that you might be misunderstanding each other. Simple misunderstandings and small, forgivable slips in mood or mental discipline outnumber genuine bad faith by a large amount. It pays to give people two extra chances to demonstrate that they are present in good faith because if they aren't, they'll usually prove it soon enough anyway.

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