Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with my producer, Jason

DeFilippo. Discourse and debate are more effective in both democracy and in business when

we learn to be honest with ourselves and curb the subtle behaviors that get in the way of

trading real ideas. Healthy discourse and debate are what makes us better. Iron, sharpened,

iron, and when we argue with one another in the right way, we get smarter. We hone our

ideas. We make our country and our company and our family a better place to live. But

often, things don't work out so smoothly. But it's not because having different ideas

is bad. It's because too often, discussion of our different ideas falls victim to a thing

called intellectual dishonesty. And today, we'll go over types of cognitive bias, logical

fallacy, and sneaky tricks we see people using politics on television, especially on

news programs, and even at work or in our own family. These intellectually dishonest tricks

of the trade can confuse the issue, distract us from the real conversation, and are ultimately

used to control the way we think and behave. Shane Snow did a deep dive on this subject.

And I think you'll really come away with an idea on how to spot people being intellectually

dishonest before they get a chance to get inside our heads, manipulate us, and attempt to

control the way that we think. Think of this episode as a primer on cognitive self-defense.

I really enjoyed this one, and I think you will also. Six minute networking is our course

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over at jordanharbanger.com slash course. In the meantime, here's Shane Snow.

I want to talk about intellectual dishonesty. You emailed me, or I emailed you a while ago

to check in or something, and you were like, hey, I wrote a new post. Everyone does

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