A clear example gives understanding something specific to disagree with.

GRATITUDE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Vague statements are safe because there is nothing in them to push against. As soon as you give a specific case, other people can point at the part that does not hold, and that objection is what turns an idea into knowledge. Abstractions survive by being unfalsifiable; examples earn their keep by being wrong in identifiable places.

When you explain something, offer the concrete version even though it exposes you. Say what it would look like on Tuesday, with these people, in this situation. If someone objects to the specifics, you have learned something, which is more than agreement with a generality would have given you.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What vague point of yours needs one concrete example?

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