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Creating my Sandbox

Ray Hyman Law

Link to Podcast:https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/8480483/tdest_id/607796?fbclid=IwAR3lpcTgE6VkXFHQis-n62SizH0IdL4L_nbGHkZ96CKSQXyEb4qZboLDTZo Link to Republished Original: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2001/07/proper-criticism/

"Proper Criticism" by Ray Hyman written in 1976? about approach for criticizing dubious claims Style Guide (form) and Function "ensure our criticisms are effective and responsive"--Hyman

1. "Be Prepared" "try to prepare in advance effective and short answers to the questions you are most likely to be asked" 'You want to understand their talking points' --Celestia 'a person who doesn't understand the other person's arguments doesn't fully understand their own' --Ben

2. "Clarify your Obectives" "know what you're trying to do" Ben "what is your role in trying to debunk a claim" Ben "what do you think is possible to do" Celestia Psychic may interpret questionning of claims as an attack on their identity "Notorious debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye...Bill Nye was clear from the beginning..that we was there for the section of the audience that was on the fence"

3. "Do your Homework" Related to being prepared

4. "Do not go beyond your level of competence" Don't be afraid of saying 'I don't know' and redirecting to experts "often times they don't want the depth...this is only going to be a 3 minute segment" -Ben

5. "Let the Facts Speak for Themselves" For anyone doing public outreach skepticism "if you want to call someone a fraud...legally liable...[instead say here's some other evidence I found" -Celestia "respect your readers' intelligence" -Ben

6. "Be Precise" 'Approach it like a police officer taking a report' -Celestia 'Often times it's the most difficult part...people are not used to thinking with that level of precision' -Ben 'The precision in making yourself understood...telling the media what you mean and do not mean' -Celestia 'Often times ambigious or fuzzy words or concepts reveal ambiguous or fuzzy thinking and obfuscation' -Ben

7. "Use the Principle of Charity" Give benefit of the doubt that the person is being honest. Take the opposite of the Strawman approach, interpret their argument in the best possible light and arugue against the strongest interpretion of their argument "carefully distinguish from being wrong and being dishonest" argue against "the strongest form of this argument"

8. "Avoid Loaded Words and Sensationalism" Don't respond to sensationalism with sensationalism "all these principles are interrelated" Ray