From Analysis to Instinct

At first, spotting logical errors requires slow, deliberate effort. You break arguments into premises and conclusions, test each step, check for fallacies. But with practice, something shifts.

This is logical intuition — the ability to sense something is off without formal analysis. Chess grandmasters do this with board positions. Experienced doctors do it with symptoms. You can build the same instinct for arguments by exposing yourself to enough examples of sound reasoning.