WorkbookForArguments

Tweeting links to critical thinking resources & to arguments to analyze and evaluate. Tweets by author (@climateMorrow). Tweets ≠ endorsements of linked content

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Teaching #CriticalThinking or informal #logic this fall? Follow this account for links to real world examples to use in your class. #highered

If you're using Workbook for Arguments, see this thread for ways to search this feed for arguments relevant to specific chapters. 👇

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Claim: Taylor Swift concerts carry a curse for local NBA teams in the playoffs https://t.co/UF72LHu7dz #ch2 #ch5 #app1 #music #sports

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A set of reasons for and against changing one’s name when getting married. Could be a good start-of-course classroom activity to analyze and reconstruct the arguments here https://t.co/lqSoRHnwTM #ch1 #marriage #relationships

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Some arguments about whether time travel is possible https://t.co/JWviiH808c #ch1 #app1 #app3 #physics #timetravel #audio

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An argument that college-educated workers are leaving the most expensive metropolitan areas in the US https://t.co/DfssgEfIGG #ch2 #cities #demographics

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Some arguments about whether it’s better to marry for love or money https://t.co/aVhWUqOyYS #ch1 #ch4 #ch5 #relationships #psychology

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An argument about copyright and AI-generated content https://t.co/I3PIEylTGP #ch1 #ch2 #ch3 #legalreasoning #AI

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Some arguments against giving and asking for wedding gifts https://t.co/y8MkRSJdR3 #ch1 #app3 #marriage #traditions #weddings

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A fascinating argument by example about the reliability of AI chatbot-driven search results https://t.co/KLV6jQ5U00 #ch2 #ch4 #AI #tech

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What argument does the mayor of NYC give in this article for deploying semi-autonomous robots for police work? https://t.co/SiIM1aE6Lf #ch1 #app1 #LawEnforcement

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Some arguments about whether it is unpatriotic for American students to refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at school https://t.co/ER3LYFlFkH #ch1 #ch2 #ch10 #politics #freespeech #patriotism

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Lots of arguments about a recent political punching bag: corporate stock buybacks https://t.co/XuHFlmMzOg #ch2 #ch5 #ch6 #economy #business #politics #stocks

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Some arguments about the “battle against the gangs” in El Salvador https://t.co/kqTN1cLu0E #ch1 #ch5 #ch10 #app3 #crime #humanrights #prison

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A bunch of arguments about the value (or lack thereof) of homework https://t.co/FyrmjiFhf2 #ch1 #ch2 #ch4 #ch5 #education

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Some reasons that it makes sense for artists to perform in the Super Bowl halftime show for free https://t.co/cqADZWgKDK #ch1 #ch2 #ch5 #sports #music #marketing

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What point is @ProfBrianCox making here? How does his argument work? https://t.co/gZJ3ZA51aT #ch6 #reductio #aliens

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

I've always suspected that an advanced alien civilisation with the technology to travel at close to light speed across interstellar distances would arrive in Earth orbit unobserved and proceed to dispatch a fleet of small, easily detectable balloons into our atmosphere.

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Some arguments about the Chinese shopping app Temu https://t.co/E61YHVdIfF #ch1 #ch3 #ecommerce #tech #china

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Claim: romantic love is literally an addiction https://t.co/sacAYOTMJz #ch1 #ch2 #ch3 #ch4 #love #neuroscience

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A good one for classroom analysis & discussion: what arguments do these teens make about phones and phone usage? And in what sense are they experts or authorities about those things, especially compared to their parents? https://t.co/lSSfnxhffL #ch1 #ch4 #app3 #teens #tech

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An argument that the “junkification” of Amazon is actually part of the company’s master plan https://t.co/ONz1H8UhOt #ch1 #ch3 #ch7 #business #ecommerce

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What’s the argument here that you should stop ordering those menu hacks you’ve seen on TikTok? https://t.co/juqESjgVUA #ch1 #ch4 #food #socialmedia