https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc By: Jay Heinrichs, Padlet by David Wheeler en-us 2017-10-08 15:10:59 UTC 2024-09-02 13:52:58 UTC hello@padlet.com david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006235 Thank you for arguing introduces us to the art of persuasion. You'll learn from masters of persuasion including Bart Simpson and Winston Churchill. ]]> 2017-10-08 15:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006235 david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006272 Mathematics is a discipline of cold reason, rhetoric of passionate conviction.  Where do the two meet?

]]> 2017-10-08 15:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006272 david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006278 Set your goals
Control the tense
Soften them up
Get them to like you
Make them listen
Show leadership
Win their trust
Control the mood
Turn the volume down
Gain the high ground
Persuade on your terms
Control the argument]]> 2017-10-08 15:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006278 david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006284 -Most of the tools in Thank you for arguing involve some play to emotion, these tools are very effective in forming a convincing argument, but aren't necessarily applicable to mathematics.  But these tools are still incredibly important for a mathematician.  Why?  Because knowing that 2+2=4 is one thing, and explaining it is another.  A mathematician who can't explain findings and convince us of their veracity might as well not have found anything.]]> 2017-10-08 15:13:08 UTC https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006284 david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006288 Spot fallacies
Call a foul
Know whom to trust
Find the sweet spot]]> 2017-10-08 15:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006288 david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006300 Give a persuasive talk
Use the right tools
Run an agreeable country
Make them identify with your choice
Get instant cleverness
Seize the occasion
Use the right medium]]> 2017-10-08 15:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006300 david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006306 -Tools for defense help mathematicians find errors both in their actual computations and in the way those computations are applied.  Statistics are often used by people on both sides of an argument to support their case.  To many this might indicate that the statistics are worthless and contradictory.  A discerning mathematician or rhetorician might instead check to see if the statistics actually say what they are purported to say.]]> 2017-10-08 15:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006306 david_m_wheel https://padlet.com/david_m_wheel/mf764g8r18jc/wish/195006322

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