What we’re about
In this group we practice critical thinking and exchange feedback on our performance. These are, I believe, the most important things to improve in any domain: practice and feedback!
The event is structured as follow:
17h00 - 17h05: Introductions: Each participant briefly introduce themselves.
17h05 - 17h15: We vote on what we will do for the main event:
- Debate: we choose a subject, then participants are assigned a side at random, then we have 10 minutes to prepare our argumentation, then each side defend their hypothesis.
- Defense: one participant gives a presentation and the other participants challenge them at the end. The presentation can be less than a 1 minute and up to 30 minutes.
- Video commenting: we watch an argumentative video and analyze the arguments given. We do not take sides, we only analyze the arguments.
- Something else? We are open to new suggestions so long as it is compatible with critical thinking.
17h15 - 18h15: Debate, defense or video commenting.
18h15 - 18h25: After the debate we give mutual feedback on the style and content of the arguments. Were the arguments rational, logical, emotional, ...? Was the delivery adequate and convincing?
18h25 - 18h30: Finally we give feedback about the meeting in general: what we liked, what we can improve, what we should add or remove, ... We are open to criticism and willing to improve the meetings!
Upcoming events
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Past events
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