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068 - The Strawman Fallacy

You Are Not So Smart

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The Straw Man Fallacy

Strong man fallacies are perhaps the most common of all fallacies. They involve purposely misrepresenting a counter argument so that you can defeat it with ease. Brains use huristics mental short cuts to solve common problems, like rules of thumb. So knowing that the straw man fallacy is going to pop up in every argument you have, how do you get better at recognizing that one?

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