There are a lot of good responses here but I’d like to bring up just one more possible explanation of what is going on. Both you and the people you are talking to may be expecting shorter inferential distances so they (and you) may have implicit facts and premises which aren’t being stated in these discussions. This could lead easily to arguments where someone else seems to be illogical.
There are a lot of good responses here but I’d like to bring up just one more possible explanation of what is going on. Both you and the people you are talking to may be expecting shorter inferential distances so they (and you) may have implicit facts and premises which aren’t being stated in these discussions. This could lead easily to arguments where someone else seems to be illogical.