Join Notes
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And I knew that if things were going to improve, I was the one responsible for making it happen.
Atomic Habits
James Clear
The middle ground [fallacy](https://www.logicalfallacies.org/) argues that a compromise between two extremes must be reached to satisfy a situation.
Example of Middle Ground
• Joe says the sky is pink and Liz says the sky is blue, so they should really just compromise and say the sky is purple.
• Dan says that all elephants can fly. Sara says that there are no elephants that can fly. So they agree that perhaps some elephants can fly. Compromising for the sake of compromise when there are indisputable facts being presented would be considered a middle ground fallacy.
Middle Ground
logicalfallacies.org
They aren’t comfortable with bewildered kids, and they want understanding to come quickly and easily. But for learning that is both durable (it sticks) and flexible (it can be applied broadly), fast and easy is precisely the problem.
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