5. Syllogisms
5.推断论
We live in a time of syllogisms: “It is what it is” and “It’s all good,” for example. These are harmless phrases in the abstract, and they were probably even witty once upon a time. But if you pepper your speech with them, you undermine the sense that you’re a serious person.
我们生活在推理的时代:“它就是它”,“一切都很好”。这些言辞在书籍的摘要里无关痛痒,并且曾经一度被认为是智慧的表现。但如果你想在演讲中一直使用这些言辞,那么你就会显得不够严谨。