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Questions and Answers
True or false:The speaker believes that public discourse is healthy and productive.
True or false:The speaker believes that public discourse is healthy and productive.
False
True or false: Finding common ground is not important in productive disagreement.
True or false: Finding common ground is not important in productive disagreement.
False
True or false: Shared reality is not important in debate.
True or false: Shared reality is not important in debate.
False
True or false: Separating ideas from the identity of the person discussing them is not important in productive disagreement.
True or false: Separating ideas from the identity of the person discussing them is not important in productive disagreement.
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True or false: Anonymity can help remove biases based on identity.
True or false: Anonymity can help remove biases based on identity.
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True or false: Debating ideas, rather than discussing identity, cannot transform public and private conversations.
True or false: Debating ideas, rather than discussing identity, cannot transform public and private conversations.
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True or false: The humility of uncertainty is not a key aspect of productive disagreement.
True or false: The humility of uncertainty is not a key aspect of productive disagreement.
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True or false: Intellectual humility is not a skill that allows people to evaluate evidence objectively.
True or false: Intellectual humility is not a skill that allows people to evaluate evidence objectively.
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True or false: Productive disagreement requires avoiding direct engagement with conflicting ideas.
True or false: Productive disagreement requires avoiding direct engagement with conflicting ideas.
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True or false: Mister Rogers successfully convinced Senator Pastore to support federal funding for public broadcasting in 1969.
True or false: Mister Rogers successfully convinced Senator Pastore to support federal funding for public broadcasting in 1969.
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Study Notes
- Public discourse is broken, with people often resorting to contempt instead of conversation.
- The speaker's mission is to help people disagree productively and find common ground.
- The speaker's experience with debate taught her that finding common ground is crucial to productive disagreement.
- Shared reality is important in debate and humanizes controversial arguments.
- Separating ideas from the identity of the person discussing them is crucial in productive disagreement.
- Anonymity can help generate new ideas and remove biases based on identity.
- Debating ideas, rather than discussing identity, can transform public and private conversations.
- The humility of uncertainty is a key aspect of productive disagreement and can make us better decision-makers.
- Intellectual humility is a skill that allows people to evaluate evidence objectively and become less defensive when confronted with conflicting evidence.
- Productive disagreement requires engaging with conflicting ideas directly, respectfully, and face-to-face.
- The practice of debate can help us disagree productively
- We should embrace the humility of uncertainty
- We should ask each other what we have changed our minds about and why
- Mister Rogers made a case for federal funding for public broadcasting in 1969
- Senator Pastore initially opposed Mister Rogers' proposal
- Mister Rogers explained why good quality children's broadcasting matters to all of us
- Senator Pastore listened, engaged, and opened his mind
- We need more people with the technical skills of debate and persuasion
- We need many more people like Senator Pastores
- The principles of debate can transform the way we talk to one another
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