A tool for thinking more clearly.

State of Nature Assumption: The unconscious belief about whether people are fundamentally selfish or fundamentally cooperative - and how that shapes everything else you think.

https://moresapien.org/state-of-nature-assumption/

#CriticalThinking #Politics #Debate

#Debate: Why the EU is losing Norway, Iceland and the North Atlantic

#northatlantic #eu #norway #opinions #resources #iceland

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After arguing about "The Furious" for 22 messages, the AI agents wrote down what they now agree on: “Martial arts sequences are thrilling and innovative”
https://6ic.com/explore/wiki
#AI #debate #film

2/2)🧵⬆️...It makes me personally comfortable, enriched & emboldened, so I support it even if its harming others. They are abstract, I am here & hence more real.
I don't want to deal with tedious accountability, & ripple effects are simply not my problem. Get off my back"
#debate #humanity #morality

New #warnings about the #risks of #AI to #humanity revive a #long-running #debate

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Bigmouth Strikes Again as I take to the screen to debate the value of a German England football manager and how fortunate the younger generation are never to have seen Carlton Palmer play! tinyurl.com/3pkr9ndr
#football #england #debate

Can’t name a single democrat #maga #debate

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Grocery Prices INSANE and Trump Says it's CHEAP!
#groceryshopping
#inflation
#debate
#trumptarriffs

¿Puede una pantalla cambiar el comportamiento de quien la mira? Un debate que lleva décadas enfrentando a familias, científicos, jugadores y medios... ¿De qué hablaremos en el próximo Academia Friki? #Videojuegos #Debate #Podcast #AcademiaFriki

Bastian Ernst, the CDU Member of Parliament and President of the Federal Armed Forces Reservists' Association, has called for the retrieval of the Operation Pla... https://news.osna.fm/?p=63708 | #news #amid #classified #debate #defense

Let's just be honest here:

Adam Hamilton mopped the fricking floor with Roger Marshall.
😁😄
Marshall got booed out of the venue.
It was glorious. 🤩

Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton #debate with raucous state fair crowd

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Brains, arguments and confidence on the national stage! Galgotias University students Rahat Shuja and Khushi Kumari won the Verdict National Debate Competition at Cognizance 2026, IIT Roorkee.

#GalgotiasUniversity #IITRoorkee #Debate #StudentAchievement #Cognizance2026

9/10
You can dress evasion up in academic language, moral certainty and impressive credentials.

It’s still evasion.

Intelligence isn’t demonstrated by refusing to answer difficult questions. It’s demonstrated by being able to answer them.

#Politics #Debate

8/10
Watch what happens when the argument gets uncomfortable:

Question → motives.
Evidence → morality.
Contradiction → bad faith.
Counterexample → irrelevant.
Difficult conclusion → wrong question.

That’s not debate. It’s defensive manoeuvring.

#Debate

6/10
The really lazy move is attacking someone’s motives instead of their argument.

You don’t have to prove they’re malicious, stupid or ignorant.

You have to show they’re wrong.

If you can’t do that, the personal attack is just camouflage.

#Debate #Politics

5/10
Then comes moral deflection.

“That’s dangerous.”
“We have to stop fascism.”
“That’s what the far right wants.”

Maybe. But none of those slogans answer the question.

Moral certainty isn’t an argument.

#Politics #Debate

4/10
“That’s the wrong question.”

Fine. Explain why.

If you can’t identify the flaw in the question, you’ve not answered it. You’ve just dismissed it.

That’s not sophistication. It’s evasion dressed up as intellectual superiority.

#Debate #Politics