How To Have A Rational Discussion This flowchart presents a pretty excellent strategy for having a reasonable, rational discussion (instead of one party 'lecturing' or 'giving a sermon' to the other). But perhaps it is mere wishful thinking, this diagram; perhaps reasonable discussion is altogether impossible (esp. on the internet), and we only hope in vain to one day live in a world where people are ready and willing to, you know, talk it out reasonably. thank you for finding the source for me. preliminary google searches turned up a number of reblogs but all either sourced it from another place or sourced it as unknown. i have not heard of tineye. David St Bernard The first one: can you envision anything that will change your mind? I find it to be an odd question, asking whether I can envision any weaknesses in the foundations of my knowledge. It seems a moot point. I can be overly confident in my foundations. Am I misinterpreting this first question, or am I right in saying that it's phrased poorly? some guy A) sorry for being so hostile, it was an immediate reaction because I'd seen it before and I like when people are credited B) thanks for actually changing it, that was a pretty cool thing to do Indigets A 9/11 truther could easily use this flow chart to prove that you're an idiot for not thinking 9/11 was an inside job. Unemployed people interested in "the issues" can spend 12 hours