How to understand reasoning

 Make connection among objects. How: similarities, differences, commonalities, inconsistencies,

etc.

The thing we do with reasoning as a form of communication are:

 Arguing
 Explaining
 Making decisions
 Predicting the future
 Exploring issues
 Finding answers
 Justifying actions

Make good questions.

Smart thinking can help empower us in the face of knowledge, revealing its political and social purposes,
its biases and consequences, its exclusions and errors