Stop saying "I can't understand"

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Julia Galef explains why the phrase "I can't understand how anyone could think X" is rhetorically problematic - it strawmans opponents and signals false intellectual superiority. She critiques both the common version and a skeptic-specific variant, arguing that such phrasing closes off genuine dialogue and masks real disagreements behind false puzzlement. Viewers will learn how to identify and avoid this rhetorical trap in their own discourse.