The Overthinkers tackle creativity, analysis, straw men, and the poet Ranier Maria Rilke.

Episode 184: Cats That Look Like Hitler originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Matthew Wrather and Peter Fenzel overthink straw men, of the literal and logical varieties, and the false dichotomy between analysis and creativity.


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Further Reading


Straw Man


“You Can’t Handle the Reaper King,” by Doug Beyer, Wizards of the Coast


More on Commonplace Books


William Wordsworth’s “Preface to Lyrical Ballads,” from Harvard Classics


Cats that Look Like Hitler


Ranier Maria Rilke‘s Letters to a Young Poet: Kindle and Codex varieties


The Ontological Argument for the Existence of God

Episode 184: Cats That Look Like Hitler originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]