Pattern Recognition for Arguments

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How much of that is a pattern recognition where you just kind of like certain patterns of bad thinking just jump out at you or like, you know, logical leaps? I think that's almost entirely. It was more potent for me to just like be making arguments in conversation with people and have them like poke holes in my arguments and sort of practice poking holes in theirs. And then trying to build that into the level of pattern recognition.

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Arden Koehler is a researcher and writer at 80,000 Hours, a nonprofit whose mission is to help people use their careers to help solve the world's most pressing problems, and an active member of the effective altruism community. Arden has a PhD in philosophy from New York University, with a specialisation in ethics and attitudes toward time, and a B.A. in philosophy from University of California, Berkeley. You can check out her work at 80,000 Hours, and you can email her at arden@80000hours.org.

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