In this episode we do some housekeeping, I answer a student question that updates one of my most important lectures on the rules that have to be satisfied to have a rational conversation - The problem that Sam Harris is struggling with - A Q&A question from Essi on what to do when people "just don't get it" - my original answer to the question "what conditions must be satisfied to have a rational conversation with someone?" - my first amendment: (1) what to do after you’ve recognized that there’s a problem - my second amendment: (2) what to do in light of the fact that our capacity to reason comes in degrees