1. I'm going to collect tweets that are so good at describing the failed logistics of certain discussions that I know I'll scramble to find them later on if I don't keep them in one handy thread.

Starting with this @NateSilver538 gem: https://twitter.com/natesilver538/status/988426684599885829
2. Here's another via @juliagalef (who likely has a gold mine of other tweets like this) that I know will become more relevant in the weeks, months, and years to come: https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1055163505198870528
3. This bit from @sentientist can extend to how people fail to understand average differences between all kinds of other things as well: https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/894959693822558209
4. This is another useful distinction she made a while back: https://twitter.com/sentientist/status/931651441537765376
5. One of @jessesingal's best gems. I can't believe how often I see this pattern in opinion pieces that indict society as a whole: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/954086451142168576
6. Had to add this to my list of tweets that concisely critique poor reasoning methods - I see this pattern a *ton* among die-hard ideologues: https://twitter.com/senatorshoshana/status/1095007108536373248
7. The very first sentence in this Tweet captures so much of what's wrong with people who seek out monsters to slay: https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1098599890157006858
8. I think I used to see this pattern of thinking a lot more often half a decade ago 🤔 https://twitter.com/KayHymowitz/status/1092920729182580736
9. If you haven't encountered a situation in which someone has used outliers to dismiss an average, you really haven't lived a full life yet.

This is the kind of tweet you bookmark because you know it's only a matter of time before you need to cite it: https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1000062906929762304
10. This is the the greatest proxy in the world for predicting whether or not a politician will get the results they claim to be aiming for: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan/status/1099697761354739712
11. I totally forgot who it was that made this tweet, but I'm glad I found it.

Everyone who wants to use the outcome of an event to score cheap points will tend to reduce the cause to a *single* factor - as satirized by @eigenrobot here: https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/967114911401652225
12. This one is technically a self-plug of something I said a long time ago, but I'm glad someone of the caliber of @juliagalef noticed it 🙌

How often do you see policymakers taking this into account when making proposals? https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/952674960501219328
13. When someone is blinded by ideology or pure partisanship, there's a good chance they'll accuse critics of having views they don't even hold.

And chances are, they'll straw man you in a manner that makes this tweet relevant to the discussion: https://twitter.com/analyticascent/status/1073059016924848128
14. Think about how often this type of omission happens in news coverage or discussions in general.

It's more or less a variation of base rate fallacy. Probably the most straightforward example of what "extension neglect" can be in practice: https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/991194584003657728
15. A variation of #13.

As you spend more time on Twitter discussing anything contentious, the probability that you encounter someone who does this approaches one. https://twitter.com/analyticascent/status/1102957874425225218
16. On inequalities of any kind:

People may talk past each other by overlooking that both of these statements can be true to an extent (depending on context), or pigeonholing others as taking a more extreme stance one way or another than they really do. https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1093206085962321920
17. While most tweets in this collection focus on logical form, this is quite a gem when it comes to illustrating how thin the boundaries are between "punching up" vs. "punching down" in the social justice realm: https://twitter.com/ENBrown/status/801480440972447745
18. This thread does a good job highlighting that much of the disagreements people have with each other result from different interpretations of 1) the meaning of terms, 2) what situation a claim applies to, 3) who it is that advice is targeted at. 🤔 https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1109186827276046336
19. Far too few people in this day and age are willing to make this distinction, and that's a problem for constructive dialogue: https://twitter.com/trentlapinski/status/1123089340035289088
20. This is a creative way of making a point that's similar to the one highlighted in #5 above.

Let's not pretend we don't know which university departments this applies to 😉 https://twitter.com/GENIC0N/status/1122873310923112448
21. Every productive discussion about a policy or political framework should begin (and end) with people acknowledging that "perfect" solutions don't exist 👍 https://twitter.com/StateExempt/status/590394808192995328
22. Satirizes the "dunking" culture of Twitter quite nicely 👍 https://twitter.com/ProZD/status/1127322654392737792
23. I see all of these behaviors from social media accounts that seek to pigeonhole other people rather than address what they have to say: https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1130423646286163969
24. When someone writes a story that tries to normalize the views of an outrage mob, this is generally what they're doing: https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1130065228325183489
25. The problem with Twitter - and social media in general - is that it gives the latter the illusion that they are part of the former: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1133285829646979072
26. This might be the toughest issue to demarcate on social media.

It's easy to identify *defamation* (spreading false info about someone), but where do we draw the line on "cyber bullying" in a way that doesn't suffer from ingroup/outgroup bias? 🤔 https://twitter.com/tylerthecreator/status/285670822264307712
27. Availability bias is the crack cocaine of any media outlet that seeks to increase ad revenue.

Social media doesn't help in this regard either, but at least there are exceptions to the rule.

This tweet being one of them 🙌 https://twitter.com/Liv_Boeree/status/1134128297338580992
28. Never argue against *any* conclusion by saying it implies or justifies something negative. It only increases the potential loss if you turn out to be wrong: https://twitter.com/ImHardcory/status/1140639873201836032
29. No matter what people do, there's always a way they can be accused of views they don't hold, or not doing enough in some other important dimension... https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/1137068315229208578
30. Normally I'd say @TheTweetOfGod is just unsophisticated humor that usually isn't worth paying attention to.

But this tweet is different. It makes an intelligent point that everyone online needs to remember on a regular basis 👇 https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/1138856282050387968
31. If you've ever self-censored on Twitter, you'll appreciate the point this tweet lays out:

https://twitter.com/s_r_constantin/status/1146067381975801857
32. Everyone who finds themselves jumping into the fray of partisan controversies:

Read this and pin it somewhere you can see it regularly. 👇 https://twitter.com/rickygervais/status/1145743290144370689
33. The tweets in @Noahpinion's thread will save you a surprising amount of time deciphering discussions on (and off) Twitter.

Honest assessment of what people are usually trying to say 😌 https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1147224939029643264
34. To navigate the complexities of current events on Twitter, the flowchart featured here can be quite useful: https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1142718938121302017
35. Self-explanatory. https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1135183929244340227
36. Most online flame wars are dominated by people who have yet to realize this: https://mobile.twitter.com/shl/status/1152584616206712834
37. I've lost count of how many debates about events on the news end up following this pattern:

https://twitter.com/ne0liberal/status/1154808280415444992
38. A big reason arguing about anything political on Twitter can be a drag: https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/1162429827925737472
39. This can be quite helpful for online interactions as well, and people who don't follow this advice are often the very people you shouldn't waste time engaging with: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1162111683034116096
40. This has the power to change the way you think about a common retort on social media: https://twitter.com/shl/status/1162730488269688832
41. The less time you spend arguing with people that dispute this point, the more you'll thank yourself later on: https://twitter.com/naval/status/1168790856041582593
42. Maybe the reason myself and others avoid such controversies is because we don't want to personally risk being misrepresented as well.

The principle of charity needs to become the status quo on social media. https://twitter.com/analyticascent/status/1172106607175450624
43. If people could distinguish premises from conclusions, the world would be better off: https://twitter.com/geekethics/status/1157245528251518976
44. I could go on forever about the many ways that people *pejoratively label* arguments, instead of critique their content or form.

But lately this approach seems especially common: https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1172981638256627712
45. There are far too many viral tweets from various political camps that take this approach: https://mobile.twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1200462056199094272
46. Concise summary of ingroup/outgroup bias in election matters 👍 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1215868163629383681
47. This explains a lot more about heated discussions online than most people realize 😯

(some ways of mitigating this discussed by @paulg here: http://paulgraham.com/identity.html ) https://twitter.com/naval/status/1209835280049393664
48. This is a perfect summary of why people need to "tie down the goalposts" before they start to promote certain policies.

It's key to having a good plan 👍 https://mobile.twitter.com/thogge/status/1255911098395418625
49. When a certain subset of ideologues don't have any real argument for their perspective, this is what they do:

https://mobile.twitter.com/olivertraldi/status/1263890624308105216

It's 21st century "No True Scotsman"
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