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Understanding and Recognizing the Straw Man

Recognizing the set-up of a straw man which one can easily then knock down in a seemingly-logical argument is a valuable skill. I can’t say I can immediate recognize/identify/verbalize the straw man when I see or hear him being constructed. I’m not always quick on the uptake but often my mind/gut will tell me something is wrong here in the logic long before I can pinpoint it. This talk is interesting since they identify/deconstruct a particular straw man argument recently...