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> I think it’s ridiculous that questioning a political opinion with a well thought out, logically crafted counter opinion could ruin a relationship

People use a simplified mental model of your beliefs. You're either on one side or the other. Your argument flips you around to the other side. This is a problem. My hope is that this problem can be countered by explicitly labeling points of agreement, and by being very specific about points of disagreement.

This is what my project HowTruthful facilitates. This article caught my attention because flat earth was the issue I used in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXvU1h44jVw the introductory video. About 90 seconds in, I talk about how a presentation format that shows both agreement and disagreement helps preserve friendship.




Thank you, HowTruthful looks great, I hope sites like these become very common, not only to help preserve friendships, but to help distilled arguments, and ultimately clarify what we believe


Wow great project. I think you’re onto something getting everything down to facts.

Is the site open for use? I might try it out next time I have a discussion. Are you and the other person both supposed to work on the same page?




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