Tag: logic

  • The Virtue of Messy Thinking

    The Virtue of Messy Thinking

    Our bias against messiness isn’t just annoying. It’s dangerous. Because it makes us less likely to connect the dots we need to.

  • Future Now

    Future Now

    Why do we struggle with taking steps today that would bring a better tomorrow? We tend to hide part of the equation.

  • How the political binary breaks our brains.

    How the political binary breaks our brains.

    We think we’re searching for the truth. But when we use binary (either/or) thinking, we are setting up competition.

  • The Absolutist

    The Absolutist

    When people speak in absolutes, they are defining the terms in the most extreme way possible. Rarely is it true.

  • People vote for People

    People vote for People

    It seems obvious. There are names on the ballot. We tap the screen or punch the card to elect a specific person to office.

  • Politics

    Politics

    Episode 21. April 21, 2022

  • Eventually is not a valid argument for now.

    Eventually is not a valid argument for now.

    Just because my daughter will eventually get her driver’s license, that doesn’t mean she gets the keys to the car.

  • The problem of Logic Creep

    The problem of Logic Creep

    Why do so many arguments sound logical, but we know aren’t? The problem is that we are stuck in ever-expanding contours of truth.