Category: Micro Learning
Micro Learning (18) The Artisan (3) The Healer (6) The Sage (12)
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Ad Hominem, Explained in Plain English
Someone makes an argument. The reply doesn’t touch the argument at all. It goes after the person instead — their character, their motives, or…
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Slippery Slope, Explained in Plain English
Someone proposes a small, specific change. The response isn’t about that change at all. It’s a warning about the extreme, unrelated-seeming outcome it will…
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Straw Man Argument, Explained in Plain English
You make a specific, careful point. The person responding argues against a much more extreme, sloppier version of it instead — one you never…
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Gaslighting, Explained in Plain English
Something happened. You remember it clearly. Then the other person insists, with total confidence, that it didn’t. Or that it happened completely differently than…
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Concern Trolling, Explained in Plain English
Someone shows up in a debate not to argue the other side. Instead, they gently worry aloud that your side is “hurting its own…
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Sealioning, Explained in Plain English
Someone raises a pointed criticism. Instead of a real response, they get a flood of relentlessly polite questions. “Can you prove that?” “Do you…
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Echo Chamber, Explained in Plain English
Someone posts an opinion. Every reply agrees, builds on it, or piles onto whoever pushed back. Nobody in the conversation seems to have heard…
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Filter Bubble, Explained in Plain English
You search for one thing, click a few results, and for weeks afterward your feed seems to already agree with you about it. Nobody…
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The Overton Window, Explained in Plain English
A policy idea that would have ended a politician’s career a decade ago now gets a mainstream hearing. It draws barely any controversy at…
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Whataboutism, Explained in Plain English
Someone raises a criticism. Instead of a direct response, the reply points to a completely different situation. There, the other side supposedly did something…