1. Tolerance & Civility - What should be tolerated? What should not be? Does one avoid every micro-aggression? Examine the dividing line where one should put a foot down. What limits does free speech require in today's atmosphere of the internet? What is the role of humour in society? Should satire and humour be completely unrestrained? When should statues be torn down? What is justified protest? What consequences should protesters be subjected to in a free country? These are difficult but necessary questions for both, personal and public activities and discourse.

2. Reasoning - What are the core methods of reasoning and argumentation (and counterarguments)? There are the usual of deduction and induction but also one should be aware of the validity of four other important methods. How can we salvage deductive fallacies by the use of induction? How does one employ the important tools of relevancy, truthfulness and sufficiency (RTS) using real examples? How can we draw the line between the practical as opposed to rigorous logic? When do "drill down" techniques largely act to obscure?

3. Scientific Method - Examples of cases where the Scientific Method must either be stretched or abandoned. When is holism appropriate as opposed to reductionism? When does holism become dangerous? Examine how the Scientific Method generally works per science in how one would judge a science fair that the youth get involved in. Discuss how to ensure the students are well educated in these techniques and how to properly apply them.

4. Pseudoscience - What is it? What examples are important enough to stamp out? Should there be laws against homeopathy medicines and similar stuff? If so, then to what degree? How can these issues be taught in schools as to it generally being invalid thinking? Where does agenda play within these arguments?

5. Poets and Mathematicians - Discuss the importance of delivering the appropriate level of certainty to your communication. When is it most important? How can we be more precise without making our conversations impossible? Examine what Sherman Kent (of the US National Intelligence) had to say about how it could be.

6. Aphorisms - Finding some fun sayings and examining what they really mean. Do they simply instruct per sophistry and already held beliefs — or can we find some obvious use for them? How much do we tend to impart excess importance to them when they are from the mouths of known scientists, politicians and other famed celebrities? When does source and authority become valid criteria for evaluating arguments?

7. Bayesian Thinking - Discover why this is so revered in some circles, and whether it actually can be instituted in a reasonable fashion for other than scientific thinking. Learn how to easily describe the issue as being a problem when one is "choosing which door to open". Why is this so bloody hard for the human mind to embrace?

8. Greyness - Discuss the necessary blurring between deduction and induction. Examine the often hidden premise of probability, particularly in regards with the use of qualifiers and weasel words. Discussing when valuations of black & white must be put aside for greyness — and to when black and white is necessary. Examine some important differences between existential and valuative issues. When should discourse require that rigid standards be dropped so not to limit the possibilities for negotiation and compromise?

9. Levels of Argumentation - Examination of Paul Graham’s very practical list that identifies arguments that vary from criticizing to refutation. This useful list highlights a significantly better way to encourage increased levels of dialog / argumentation as opposed to shutting down meaningful discussion and lapsing into meanness. Recognize when one's pride and "courage of conviction" becomes problematic.

10. Fallacies - Discover a simple method whereby common fallacies are conveniently categorized as Deduction, Induction, Source and Emotional (DISE). Discuss numerous fallacy examples taken from personal experience and news stories for relevant topics particularly those that touch on beliefs. Discover how to counter bad argumentation in a manner that is effective in both, everyday discourse and debates.

11. Whataboutism - Discovering the joys of either being — or being with a hypocrite. Why we tend to hate them and why it infiltrates our argumentation so easily. How to combat this method of avoidance for one's own faults. Discussing how certain countries have used this in their politics to an extreme advantage. Recognizing why these arguments are made. Examining what are valid motivations for such arguments.

Preface & Introduction

TOOLS - Topics

REALITY - Evolution - Topics

REALITY - God - Topics

LIFE - Topics