Philosophy
The Socratic Method
Quick fact
Socrates never wrote down his method; everything we know about it comes from Plato’s dialogues, where Socrates often reduced his interlocutors to a state of aporia (puzzled confusion) by exposing their ignorance.
Why this is interesting
Have you ever been asked a simple question that made you realize you didn't really know what you thought you knew? That uncomfortable yet clarifying experience is the heart of the Socratic method.