Because humans aren’t creatures of pure logic, discussions and collaborations can get confused through rhetorical trickery, emotional manipulation, and power dynamics. This isn’t always conscious or Machiavellian—it’s embedded deep in how we relate to one another. Over many decades, philosopher Daniel Dennett has learned to spot a few of these strategies that can “red flag” something in need of further examination. Here we’ll look at two rhetorical tricks: What Dennett calls “rathering”...