 Hi internet, my name is Josh and this is Thunk. Nice shelves aren't they? Thunk is a video project that I'm hoping is going to get people discussing interesting ideas intelligently. I really love collaboration I love how tossing an idea back and forth can lead to entirely new concepts and how Discussion can lead to sort of intense intellectual connection between people. The problem is the things that I really get excited about Don't come up a lot in everyday conversation See there are a few ideas that I really have a lot of passion for that I've spent a long time researching and developing opinions about Unfortunately, that means that if I ever want to talk about them with somebody normal somebody who doesn't spend all their time thinking about them It's not so much a dialogue so much as me lecturing them. I'm not gonna lie I love feeling like an authority, but I'd rather have conversations with people instead of talking at them And that's why I'm going to make videos. Yes. This is a video about what the thunk videos are going to be about It's a meta video and I never met a video. I didn't like fair warning If you don't like puns maybe keep throwable objects away from you while you're watching these just as a precautionary measure every week I'm going to try and pick an interesting topic give some relevant background information about it And then give you at least one opinion Usually mine that you can use as a basis for your own discussion about that topic if you agree We can talk about the implications if you disagree then you can offer your own opinion based on the evidence Either way will be in a place where we can discuss it intelligently together, but before we get there next week I'm going to show you how to construct an airtight logical argument and how to tear down other arguments that aren't well constructed it's a useful skill and It'll make any discussions that you have in the future about these topics a lot less frustrating if you'd like to read some Useful information about argumentation. I've left some links in the YouTube description Also, if you ever have feedback or flame bait Please leave them in the comments if you want to discuss any of these topics with someone else Bear in mind that these videos might be an adequate introduction to the material. We'll see you next week