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Special: Guru Right to Reply with Chris Williamson

Decoding the Gurus

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How to Write a Good Academic Paper

A good academic paper is not trying to convince somebody, if you like trick them or just fine compelling our arguments on one to sort of push with the idea of pushing them in one direction. It's quite different from a like persuades of communication where you're looking for snappy zingers and stuff that will change someone's mind. I think when you're dealing with charismatic individuals, it's very important to build up the ability to detect when rhetoric is being deployed in the service of an argument. And I would like to see people called when they make a rhetorical argument, but I realize that's hard because there are people who are very good at what they do.

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