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Chapters 4+ of the book present the tactics: primary tactic is to avoid facts and simply ask questions to instill doubt

There’s a literal “Manual for Creating ATHEISTS” 00:30:17 – 00:31:18

Mike transitions to Boghossian's tactical section

After establishing the false definitions and romanticizing Street Epistemology, the book moves into actual tactics. The first and most central tactic is to avoid facts. Mike notes Anthony Magnabosco openly tells practitioners to avoid facts and avoid apologists. Mike emphasizes how strange this is: if a religious person told a skeptic to avoid facts, they would rightly reject that as poor reasoning.

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