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Would it improve the quality of politicians we get, if public schools taught at least some basics in the method of logic? Even if it was only discussing the most common fallacies?
Asked by josie (30934)
November 27th, 2018
Salespeople, scammers, and politicians (who tend to be a little of both) constantly use logical fallacies.
Politicians in particular use them in their speeches, interviews, rallies etc.
And in most cases, they seem to get away with it.
But I think if people understood just the basics of the method of logic, and in particular the ten or so logical fallacies that are used constantly these days, it might go a long way toward weeding out some of the truly horrible politicians, and leave behind more of them that were only slightly foolish.
If nothing else, it would give people a defense against aggressive salespeople and scammers.
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