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  • 5 Reasons to Avoid Ad Hominem Arguments

    5 Reasons to Avoid Ad Hominem Arguments1

    At Intellectual Takeout we write a great deal on logical fallacies, of which there are many. Of all fallacies, the ad hominem is king (and probably always will be). From the Latin “to the man” or “to the person,” it is a (fallacious) argumentative device that involves attacking one’s opponent instead of rebutting their argument.

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  • 5 Reasons Schools Should Teach Debate to Students

    5 Reasons Schools Should Teach Debate to Students0

    The other day a friend of mine was describing a video clip of a student debate he had seen online. According to my friend, the video showed a student who was clearly trying to make a logical argument, but was grasping at straws and clueless on how to debate in a rational manner.  Such a

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  • 5 Reasons People Tend to Get Happier as They Grow Older

    5 Reasons People Tend to Get Happier as They Grow Older0

    Happiness has become a modern obsession. Searching for it, holding on to it, and wishing it on our loved ones have all become motivating forces for how we live our lives. We also use happiness as a measuring stick for life decisions. If a job doesn’t make us happy, we quit it. If a relationship

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  • 5 Reasons Parents Want Homework to Disappear

    5 Reasons Parents Want Homework to Disappear0

    Earlier this year, Texas teacher Brandy Young told parents she would not be giving homework throughout the year. Instead, Ms. Young encouraged families to spend homework time doing things together. The note went viral, suggesting that American parents are not big fans of homework. Neither, it seems, are parents in Spain. They have designated every

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  • 5 Reasons Parents Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Chores

    5 Reasons Parents Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Chores0

    As a little girl, one of my sister’s dreaded chores was sweeping the kitchen floor. Although our kitchen was relatively small, she somehow managed to make the task stretch on for… well, quite a while. Although we chuckle about it now, the task was quite torturous at the time, not only for my sister, but

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  • 5 Reasons Millennials Don’t Want Kids

    5 Reasons Millennials Don’t Want Kids8

    Last week, I came across an article that cited nine reasons that millennials don’t want to have kids. And even though its tone was more similar to that of a childish rant than an article (so much so that I won’t even link to it here), it did bring up a lot of holdups that

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