1. I& #39;m going to collect tweets that are so good at describing the failed logistics of certain discussions that I know I& #39;ll scramble to find them later on if I don& #39;t keep them in one handy thread.

Starting with this @NateSilver538 gem: https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/988426684599885829">https://twitter.com/natesilve...
2. Here& #39;s another via @juliagalef (who likely has a gold mine of other tweets like this) that I know will become more relevant in the weeks, months, and years to come: https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1055163505198870528">https://twitter.com/juliagale...
3. This bit from @sentientist can extend to how people fail to understand average differences between all kinds of other things as well: https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/894959693822558209">https://twitter.com/sentienti...
4. This is another useful distinction she made a while back: https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/931651441537765376">https://twitter.com/sentienti...
5. One of @jessesingal& #39;s best gems. I can& #39;t believe how often I see this pattern in opinion pieces that indict society as a whole: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/954086451142168576">https://twitter.com/jessesing...
6. Had to add this to my list of tweets that concisely critique poor reasoning methods - I see this pattern a *ton* among die-hard ideologues: https://twitter.com/senatorshoshana/status/1095007108536373248">https://twitter.com/senatorsh...
7. The very first sentence in this Tweet captures so much of what& #39;s wrong with people who seek out monsters to slay: https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1098599890157006858">https://twitter.com/visakanv/...
8. I think I used to see this pattern of thinking a lot more often half a decade ago https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face"> https://twitter.com/KayHymowitz/status/1092920729182580736">https://twitter.com/KayHymowi...
9. If you haven& #39;t encountered a situation in which someone has used outliers to dismiss an average, you really haven& #39;t lived a full life yet.

This is the kind of tweet you bookmark because you know it& #39;s only a matter of time before you need to cite it: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1000062906929762304">https://twitter.com/michaelma...
10. This is the the greatest proxy in the world for predicting whether or not a politician will get the results they claim to be aiming for: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan/status/1099697761354739712">https://twitter.com/ChipkinLo...
11. I totally forgot who it was that made this tweet, but I& #39;m glad I found it.

Everyone who wants to use the outcome of an event to score cheap points will tend to reduce the cause to a *single* factor - as satirized by @eigenrobot here: https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/967114911401652225">https://twitter.com/eigenrobo...
12. This one is technically a self-plug of something I said a long time ago, but I& #39;m glad someone of the caliber of @juliagalef noticed it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌" title="Raising hands" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands">

How often do you see policymakers taking this into account when making proposals? https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/952674960501219328">https://twitter.com/juliagale...
13. When someone is blinded by ideology or pure partisanship, there& #39;s a good chance they& #39;ll accuse critics of having views they don& #39;t even hold.

And chances are, they& #39;ll straw man you in a manner that makes this tweet relevant to the discussion: https://twitter.com/analyticascent/status/1073059016924848128">https://twitter.com/analytica...
14. Think about how often this type of omission happens in news coverage or discussions in general.

It& #39;s more or less a variation of base rate fallacy. Probably the most straightforward example of what "extension neglect" can be in practice: https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/991194584003657728">https://twitter.com/juliagale...
15. A variation of #13.

As you spend more time on Twitter discussing anything contentious, the probability that you encounter someone who does this approaches one. https://twitter.com/analyticascent/status/1102957874425225218">https://twitter.com/analytica...
16. On inequalities of any kind:

People may talk past each other by overlooking that both of these statements can be true to an extent (depending on context), or pigeonholing others as taking a more extreme stance one way or another than they really do. https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1093206085962321920">https://twitter.com/juliagale...
17. While most tweets in this collection focus on logical form, this is quite a gem when it comes to illustrating how thin the boundaries are between "punching up" vs. "punching down" in the social justice realm: https://twitter.com/ENBrown/status/801480440972447745">https://twitter.com/ENBrown/s...
18. This thread does a good job highlighting that much of the disagreements people have with each other result from different interpretations of 1) the meaning of terms, 2) what situation a claim applies to, 3) who it is that advice is targeted at. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face"> https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1109186827276046336">https://twitter.com/juliagale...
19. Far too few people in this day and age are willing to make this distinction, and that& #39;s a problem for constructive dialogue: https://twitter.com/trentlapinski/status/1123089340035289088">https://twitter.com/trentlapi...
20. This is a creative way of making a point that& #39;s similar to the one highlighted in #5 above.

Let& #39;s not pretend we don& #39;t know which university departments this applies to https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Winking face" aria-label="Emoji: Winking face"> https://twitter.com/GENIC0N/status/1122873310923112448">https://twitter.com/GENIC0N/s...
21. Every productive discussion about a policy or political framework should begin (and end) with people acknowledging that "perfect" solutions don& #39;t exist https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up"> https://twitter.com/StateExempt/status/590394808192995328">https://twitter.com/StateExem...
22. Satirizes the "dunking" culture of Twitter quite nicely https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up"> https://twitter.com/ProZD/status/1127322654392737792">https://twitter.com/ProZD/sta...
23. I see all of these behaviors from social media accounts that seek to pigeonhole other people rather than address what they have to say: https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1130423646286163969">https://twitter.com/andrewdoy...
24. When someone writes a story that tries to normalize the views of an outrage mob, this is generally what they& #39;re doing: https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1130065228325183489">https://twitter.com/rickygerv...
25. The problem with Twitter - and social media in general - is that it gives the latter the illusion that they are part of the former: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1133285829646979072">https://twitter.com/paulg/sta...
26. This might be the toughest issue to demarcate on social media.

It& #39;s easy to identify *defamation* (spreading false info about someone), but where do we draw the line on "cyber bullying" in a way that doesn& #39;t suffer from ingroup/outgroup bias? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face"> https://twitter.com/tylerthecreator/status/285670822264307712">https://twitter.com/tylerthec...
27. Availability bias is the crack cocaine of any media outlet that seeks to increase ad revenue.

Social media doesn& #39;t help in this regard either, but at least there are exceptions to the rule.

This tweet being one of them https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙌" title="Raising hands" aria-label="Emoji: Raising hands"> https://twitter.com/Liv_Boeree/status/1134128297338580992">https://twitter.com/Liv_Boere...
28. Never argue against *any* conclusion by saying it implies or justifies something negative. It only increases the potential loss if you turn out to be wrong: https://twitter.com/ImHardcory/status/1140639873201836032">https://twitter.com/ImHardcor...
29. No matter what people do, there& #39;s always a way they can be accused of views they don& #39;t hold, or not doing enough in some other important dimension... https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/1137068315229208578">https://twitter.com/MikeDruck...
30. Normally I& #39;d say @TheTweetOfGod is just unsophisticated humor that usually isn& #39;t worth paying attention to.

But this tweet is different. It makes an intelligent point that everyone online needs to remember on a regular basis https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1138856282050387968">https://twitter.com/TheTweetO...
31. If you& #39;ve ever self-censored on Twitter, you& #39;ll appreciate the point this tweet lays out:

https://twitter.com/s_r_constantin/status/1146067381975801857">https://twitter.com/s_r_const...
32. Everyone who finds themselves jumping into the fray of partisan controversies:

Read this and pin it somewhere you can see it regularly. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1145743290144370689">https://twitter.com/rickygerv...
33. The tweets in @Noahpinion& #39;s thread will save you a surprising amount of time deciphering discussions on (and off) Twitter.

Honest assessment of what people are usually trying to say https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😌" title="Relieved face" aria-label="Emoji: Relieved face"> https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1147224939029643264">https://twitter.com/Noahpinio...
34. To navigate the complexities of current events on Twitter, the flowchart featured here can be quite useful: https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1142718938121302017">https://twitter.com/SteveStuW...
35. Self-explanatory. https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1135183929244340227">https://twitter.com/AndrewYan...
36. Most online flame wars are dominated by people who have yet to realize this: https://mobile.twitter.com/shl/status/1152584616206712834">https://mobile.twitter.com/shl/statu...
37. I& #39;ve lost count of how many debates about events on the news end up following this pattern:

https://twitter.com/ne0liberal/status/1154808280415444992">https://twitter.com/ne0libera...
38. A big reason arguing about anything political on Twitter can be a drag: https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/1162429827925737472">https://twitter.com/andylassn...
39. This can be quite helpful for online interactions as well, and people who don& #39;t follow this advice are often the very people you shouldn& #39;t waste time engaging with: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1162111683034116096">https://twitter.com/naval/sta...
40. This has the power to change the way you think about a common retort on social media: https://twitter.com/shl/status/1162730488269688832">https://twitter.com/shl/statu...
41. The less time you spend arguing with people that dispute this point, the more you& #39;ll thank yourself later on: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1168790856041582593">https://twitter.com/naval/sta...
42. Maybe the reason myself and others avoid such controversies is because we don& #39;t want to personally risk being misrepresented as well.

The principle of charity needs to become the status quo on social media. https://twitter.com/analyticascent/status/1172106607175450624">https://twitter.com/analytica...
43. If people could distinguish premises from conclusions, the world would be better off: https://twitter.com/geekethics/status/1157245528251518976">https://twitter.com/geekethic...
44. I could go on forever about the many ways that people *pejoratively label* arguments, instead of critique their content or form.

But lately this approach seems especially common: https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1172981638256627712">https://twitter.com/NateSilve...
45. There are far too many viral tweets from various political camps that take this approach: https://mobile.twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1200462056199094272">https://mobile.twitter.com/Noahpinio...
46. Concise summary of ingroup/outgroup bias in election matters https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up"> https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1215868163629383681">https://twitter.com/paulg/sta...
47. This explains a lot more about heated discussions online than most people realize https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😯" title="Hushed face" aria-label="Emoji: Hushed face">

(some ways of mitigating this discussed by @paulg here: http://paulgraham.com/identity.html )https://paulgraham.com/identity.... href=" https://twitter.com/naval/status/1209835280049393664">https://twitter.com/naval/sta...
48. This is a perfect summary of why people need to "tie down the goalposts" before they start to promote certain policies.

It& #39;s key to having a good plan https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up"> https://mobile.twitter.com/thogge/status/1255911098395418625">https://mobile.twitter.com/thogge/st...
49. When a certain subset of ideologues don& #39;t have any real argument for their perspective, this is what they do:

https://mobile.twitter.com/olivertraldi/status/1263890624308105216

It& #39;s">https://mobile.twitter.com/olivertra... 21st century "No True Scotsman"
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