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When family members use the Feynman technique to bridge ideological divides

My adult son and I are both trying to understand climate change science using the Feynman technique because we've been arguing about it, but when he explains the skeptical positions simply I realize some of his doubts are more sophisticated than I thought, and when I explain the consensus science he points out gaps in my understanding that make me less certain than I was.

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Honest explanation can simultaneously validate the complexity in opposing views while revealing the shakiness in one's own certainties.

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