Point-by-Point Public Analysis of Fallacious and Muddled Reasoning

Useful as a concealed form of ridicule and sarcasm, the point-by-point analysis of illogical thinking is beneficial not only in its inculcation of a proper respect for logic and rational discourse, but also in its mystification of authority. Students whose hopeless illogicalities have been aired before the entire class are typically confused not only about what has just happened (it is only their peers, less invested emotionally in the target's dignity than the target him/herself, who recognize the triumph of logic and learn renewed respect for sweet reason), but also about the ultimate source of the authority that has, so to speak, pinned back their ears.

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