What Is The Socratic Method Of Arguing? The Socratic Method is a form of dialogue focused on stimulating critical thinking. It typically uses questions as the primary tool for accomplishing this. It is based on the character of Socrates in Plato’s writing. Socrates as a philosopher who went around questioning everyone’s beliefs. He believed true … Read more
What Are Compliance And Conformity? Compliance refers to a specific type of response to a request, namely submission. It is broken down in to compliance, in which people change how they act but not how they believe, identification, in which people change their public behavior and beliefs but not when they aren’t around the group, … Read more
Body language analysis, sometimes called Synergology, is a popular way to learn more about what is going on inside a person’s head. It is a proclaimed “scientific discipline for reading body language.” TSA and FBI agents, negotiation experts, and YouTubers all proclaim that they can decipher people reliably using a set of tells to answer … Read more
What Is The Difference? The 48 Laws Of Power is a book about how to gain, understand, and avoid losing power. Once you read it you will begin to see power moves and failures everywhere. It has 48 laws that you can apply to life. These laws function best as tools, each being used in … Read more
What Is The Art Of War? The Art Of War is an old Chinese military book written thousands of years ago by Sun Tzu. The book covers war and strategy. While the book has direct and literal application, it is more useful in the modern age because its abstract theories can be applied by analogy. … Read more
About The Book This book is structured in the layout of a course. It includes information on how to be more persuasive using examples from cults and persuasive situations. The author says he believed certain things about communication and a few events made him dismiss all he believed. First he spoke to his friend about … Read more
Why Do People Join Cults? There are three models that seek to explain why people join cults. First is the Deliberative Model which says people join cults because of what they think about the group. Under this model individuals join because they agree with the group’s theories and ideas. Second is the Psychodynamic Model which … Read more
Fear and respect are important in leadership and daily life. When someone fears you they believe you are capable of inflicting some sort of harm on them. When people respect you they believe you epitomize certain characteristics they find valuable. This article will teach you how to be feared and respected whether it be by … Read more
The ability to attack and defend an argument is important for your ability to advocate for the truth and to protect against bad plans. We are going to cover methods that professional arguers use to attack and defend arguments. If you want to know more about how this works, check out this book about arguing … Read more
Our goal here is to categorize insults for each feature a person could have, as well as generic insults for any situation. If you want to get better at insults, check out our post on the psychology of insults to understand the important difference between insults that hurt and those that don’t. Keep in mind … Read more