11 ways to ruffle anyone who thinks logically

1. Make decisions based solely on intuition

"I intuition suggests that vaccinating a child against measles and polio should not be, because all the doctors get kickbacks for vaccinations that are discharged, but in fact they do not help. And anyway, a friend of my friend autistic child became ill after vaccinations measles, although the doctor says that it is not, but I guess something! "At 99% sure that you at least once heard a similar monologue. To act on a whim, for the call of nature, or as a sixth sense will tell - the best way to look like an idiot in the eyes of others, if they are not deprived of elementary logic.

2. Begin to reason, does not understand the issue

Second reliable way to pass for ignorant in the eyes of man, prone to the rationale of all aspects of life. Surely among your friends are there: pick up fashion quotes, facts, drawn randomly from the Internet and scraps transmissions TV, they have a reputation for being experts in a whole heap of questions, do not really bother to find out, even in a single theme and work it up end. For even more unfortunately, a lot of people in the modern education system in the CIS countries (especially in the humanities).

3. All exaggerate to attack the interlocutor

Essays Arthur Schopenhauer devoted 38 ways to win the dispute, clearly shows that for a victory in the debate does not have to be guided by the logic and rational arguments. Exaggeration and inflation of some minor details or problems, generalization and the attack on the "facts" - the guarantee of victory in political or public debate. And reliable way ostochertet man with the iron logic.

4. Rush quotes experts, often distorting them

A classic example - to send to you interlocutor arguing logic to Turing in a dispute about computer sciences or Hawking hot discussion mysteries of the universe.

5. Continually confuse cause and effect

One of the best ways to enrage people whose logic is similar to steel. As you know, when two events occurred at the same time or one after the other, it does not mean that one caused the other. But if you want to annoy a person with an analytical mind, it was stated, for example, that the fall Tunguska meteorite was a prerequisite for the Civil War and the growth of protest moods in post-imperial Russia.

6. It does not follow the netiquette when corresponding via email

This is a great way to enrage not only people with good logical thinking, but also for all normal people. Invest 20 answers in one letter, Send email to two colleagues throughout the department of 50 people, constantly click on the "Reply to All" - in general, have fun on the full program. Guaranteed way to pass crazy and end up in spam lists 90% of colleagues and partners (and the logic there will often be at all to do with it).

7. Confused quotes and words, defending his point of view

Mix of Socrates, Aristotle and Lenin in a dispute with historians colleagues. Tell his wife, "Honey, but you said yourself that the make-up and make-up - it's almost the same thing." ask the vegetarian (Not vegan), why he was drinking milk, because it is the product of animal origin. In a word, it is proved with the tenacity of wild sheep that "the book is written", and irritation of the logically minded interlocutors guaranteed.

8. Declare anything as a fait accompli

«The Loch Ness sea monster lives, everyone knows that", "the Second World won the USSR", "Only Orthodox may become a unifying force for the modern society "-" academic "heresy of this kind can not only be heard in the kitchen or in the environment grandmothers on the benches, but also read in quite a notable publications and sites. Draw your own conclusions.

9. Continuing with write errors monstrous

"Correctly", "nipravda", "Catch" other "shkololo-ochepyatki" and the constant use of slang, Anglicisms and "posherennyh insights with komitmentom in our future appruval" will make you the black plague to humans logical.

10. Link to the scene and the events of the films in the disputes, where the key role played by facts

For example, describes the events of the end of World War II in the film "Saving Private Ryan" or life in the Middle Ages on the basis of "Viking" and the choice of weapons at the dawn of mankind - through the prism of "One Million Years BC" and "Games of Thrones. "

11. Ask more stupid questions

Unlearn google and constantly asking questions out of curiosity, you definitely become a storm all logically thinking people (and the living embodiment of the bearded blond jokes at the same time).