The B-Rabbit Approach
Before I continue going through the tenets of Morogic, I thought it would be a good idea to clear the air. I didn’t develop this study thinking that I would just call out everyone else in the world for morogic thinking. I completely understand that I too am a participant in this behavior. I came up with the B-Rabbit Approach. How I came up with the name and why so follows.
The B-Rabbit Approach
If you’ve ever seen the final rap battle in the movie 8 Mile, you know the moment.
8 Mile
That’s right. We can find inspiration in the most unlikely places including nominal movies about parts of life most will never know.
In 8 Mile, the main character, played by Eminem, goes by the stage name B-Rabbit. But his opponent mocks him by calling him “Bunny Rabbit.” It’s meant to make him look soft, weak, and out of place. And up until that moment, it works.
The crowd laughs. His opponents keep using the same ammunition:
He’s white.
He’s poor.
He lives in a trailer.
His life is a mess.
Then something different happens in the final battle. Instead of defending himself, B-Rabbit does the exact opposite. He walks to the mic and starts listing every embarrassing, humiliating, and uncomfortable truth about himself before his opponent can say it.
Yes, I live in a trailer.
Yes, my life is a mess.
Yes, I got problems.
He lays it all out.
In one move, he removes the weapon from his opponent’s hand. The crowd can’t be shocked by something that’s already been admitted.
And then he flips the script.
Now the opponent has nothing left to say.
That scene always stuck with me because it illustrates something I call the B-Rabbit approach.
It’s simple:
Say the obvious thing about yourself before someone else uses it against you.
Which brings me to a confession. Sometimes… I’m morogic.
Not all the time.
But enough to notice.
For those unfamiliar with the term, morogic, it is a word I coined. It’s the combination of moron + logic. It’s what happens when a person constructs a perfectly logical argument that is built on an obviously stupid premise.
You’ve seen it.
“Technically, I didn’t lie…”
“Technically, that’s not illegal…”
“Technically, I followed the rules…”
Morogic.
The logic might be flawless.
The conclusion might be airtight.
But the entire structure is built on nonsense.
And if I’m honest, I’ve used morogic myself.
Sometimes to justify decisions.
Sometimes to win arguments.
Sometimes to avoid admitting the obvious.
So here’s the B-Rabbit approach applied to my own life:
Before anyone points out that I can be morogic…
I’ll say it myself.
Yes, I’ve rationalized bad decisions.
Yes, I went to prison for a financial crime.
Yes, I’ve convinced myself something was fine because I could construct a logical explanation.
Yes, I’ve been the guy explaining why something technically works when everyone in the room knows it’s still a terrible idea.
Yes, I put others in bad situations for my poor decisions.
That’s morogic.
Admitting it doesn’t make the mistake disappear.
But it does something powerful:
It removes the illusion.
Once you say it out loud, the game changes.
Because the most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves with perfect logic.
And sometimes the smartest thing a person can do is grab the microphone first and say:
“Yeah… I know.”
That’s the B-Rabbit approach.
Now we are ready to go forward because I have admitted my own flawed reasoning, so I am looking at it from the same place as everyone else. I am not just the professor but also the student at the same time.