Meta discussion is talking about the discussion or its participants, instead of the content of the discussion ( Read more... )

The great thing about ideas with reach is that you don't need to learn that many to be set upon the right path ( Read more... )

Philosophy and science are different in one respect: scientific theories can be tested by experiment, philosophy can't ( Read more... )

A common error made by people trying to draw is that they draw what they think they see, rather than what is actually there. Since the brain is specialised in creating and interpreting symbols, people draw the symbols (e.g. "An eye is an almond shape with a circle in it"), instead of their real shapes (e.g. "Eyes are made of many components, such ( Read more... )

In debates, people rarely try to persuade others. They say they want to, and they talk as if they want to*, but they don't act as one'd expect if they were trying to persuade ( Read more... )