#bias #mental-model #rationality # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Bulverism Attacking your opponent beliefs through his ego first, then explaining his error. I think it might tend to lead to unsolvable arguments because people highly dislike ego-attacks “you are retarded for believing in astrology, because astrology blabla..” rather use the [[Socratic method]] and make the other person lead into discovering the truth (or you discover that you are yourself wrong). #to-digest # External links