Brian Williams A Modern Day Socrates

Brian Williams was used as a scapegoat. This means that he was singled of a lot of people (including Hillary Clinton and Bill O’ Reilly) who had lied but he was the only one who was punished. Socrates was also singled out by the Athenian government for his ideas and corrupting the youth even though there were a lot of other philosophers and people who had crazier ideas than him and were worse. Socrates and Brian Williams both were accused of corrupting people’s mind and telling them lies. The type of knowledge is not as important as the fact that, with the Modern Socratic Method, the knowledge gained is specifically anticipated by the Socratic questioner. This stands in contrast to the Classic Socratic method in which the actual outcomes are unknown by all parties. Like Brian William he wasn't using his knowledge for the things that were about to happen, and the people that would questioned him will make him think that what he did was not the actual outcomes by all parties.

Socrates style of conversation involved his own denial of knowledge (Socratic irony). In these conversations, Socrates became the student and made those he questioned the teacher. Socrates rejected any attempts to pass off another person's ideas or the beliefs of the majority as truth. Socrates was not interested in the talk of others. Like Brian Williams his style of conversation involved his own denial of knowledge in ironic way as well by him knowing that if he lied and over exaggerated his stories people would be impressed.  Kids would think he is courageous and brave but he like Socrates rejected any attempts to pass off another person’s ideas or beliefs of the majority as truth.