I suggest an exercise/game to train someone to detect and avoid these pitfalls: combine malicious misunderstanding (you tell me to stick the pencil in the sharpener and I insert the eraser end) and fidelity checking.
I suspect the Socratic method (the old one, not the bland one) fits under this heading- “put forth a proposition, and I’ll demolish you with your own statements.”
I suspect the Socratic method (the old one, not the bland one) fits under this heading- “put forth a proposition, and I’ll demolish you with your own statements.”