Datman2020

joined 1 year ago
 

It is difficult for me to ascertain when the person I am communicating is using a logical fallacy to trick me into believing him or doubting my judgement, even when I realise it hours after the argument.

I have seen countless arguments in Reddit threads and I couldn't figure out who was in the right or wrong unless I looked at the upvote counts. Even if the person is uttering a blatant lie, they somehow make it sound in a way that is completely believable to me. If it weren't for those people that could exactly point out the irrationality behind these arguments, my mind would have been lobotomised long ago.

I do want to learn these critical thinking skills but I don't know where to begin from. I could have all these tips and strategies memorised in theory, but they would be essentially useless if I am not able to think properly or remember them at the heat of the moment.

There could be many situations I could be unprepared for, like when the other person brings up a fact or statistic to support their claim and I have no way to verify it at the moment, or when someone I know personally to be wise or well-informed bring up about such fallacies, perhaps about a topic they are not well-versed with or misinformed of by some other unreliable source, and I don't know whether to believe them or myself.

Could someone help me in this? I find this skill of distinguishing fallacies from facts to be an extremely important thing to have in this age of misinformation and would really wish to learn it well if possible. Maybe I could take inspiration from how you came about learning these critical thinking skills by your own.

Edit: I do not blindly trust the upvote count in a comment thread to determine who is right or wrong. It just helps me inform that the original opinion is not inherently acceptable by everyone. It is up to me decide who is actually correct or not, which I can do at my leisure unlike in a live conversation with someone where I don't get the time to think rationally about what the other person is saying.

 

There are moments when I do not wish to continue playing a game but still wish to learn about the game and the things that happened in it so far. Sometimes the story becomes too confusing or I forget that one in-game tip that is needed to beat the game, which is when I am forced to research on that topic else the rest of my gameplay is pretty much ruined.

But then I face the problem of encountering spoilers between my research. Even a small thing as a thumbnail or a video title in Youtube or an article analyzing the ending by exactly stating what the ending was directly in the title would instantly destroy the suspense of the story building inside the game and consequently my interest in that game. I even refuse to look into the comment section of game trailers anymore in fear of some jerk that would literally spell out the fate of the characters in the end without being subtle at all.

Is there any community or website that provides content about various game titles keeping into account people who haven't finished the game? Perhaps a guide segregated into well defined chapters whose lore context is contained into the chapter itself, or a video series in a similar fashion in form of playlists or timestamp-marked videos or just something that offers a spoiler warning beforehand? Is there someplace I can rely on to get to know more about a game without getting instantly spoiled?

 

Share any question you've been asked which would make any other person feel awkward from answering it and an answer to responsibly deal with it without compromising yourself.

 

Explain any one particular complex topic using an analogy you found interesting or easily understandable.