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Filter It Through a Brain Cell
Can you recognize bad thinking, manipulative advertising and tricky arguments when you see them? How about your kids - how will they know whether the memes they're seeing on social media are really true? Critical thinking is the most important skill you can have when you’re living in a world that seems to have lost its mind. Everyone out there is trying to tell you WHAT to think, I want to teach you HOW to think! In every episode, I’m exposing the logical fallacies & cognitive biases being used…
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202. The Confounding Variable: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #3
People use numbers to convince, persuade, and even sometimes to manipulate or fool others. This mini-series will help you recognize them! When you can…
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201. Simpson’s Paradox: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #2
People use numbers to convince, persuade, and even sometimes to manipulate or fool others. This mini-series will help you recognize them! When you can…
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200. The Misuse of Averages: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #1
People use numbers to convince, persuade, and even sometimes to manipulate or fool others. This mini-series will help you recognize them! When you can…
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199. How to Think About Conspiracy Theories: Part 2
Whether you're a full-fledged Conspiracy Theory lover, Conspiracy-curious or flat-out think they're cray-cray, this is part 2 of How to Think About Conspiracy…
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198. How to Think About Conspiracy Theories: Part 1 with Connor Boyack
Whether you're a full-fledged Conspiracy Theory lover, Conspiracy-curious or flat-out think they're cray-cray, this is part 1 of How to Think About Conspiracy…
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197. Self-Refuting Statement - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #15
What's wrong with this statement: "This statement is false." ? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy…
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196. Quote Mining - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #14
Have you ever had someone take something you said out of context? No cool, huh? It happens a lot, and sometimes people do it on purpose to make it sound like…
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195. Baseless, False & Misleading Claims - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #13
What's the difference between a claim that is baseless, false and misleading? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more…
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194. Hypnotic Bait & Switch - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #12
Watch out when someone gets you agreeing to several simple things, then slips in another statement that they WANT you to agree with . When you can recognize…
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193. Labels, Slogans & Virtue Words - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #11
These are just some of the ways people use language to evoke emotion or get compliance. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!…
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192. Hyperbole - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #10
Figures of speech are a normal part of our daily speech, and we typically don't take them literally...but sometimes people WANT you to take them literally…
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191. Fault as Virtue - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #9
Have you ever had someone try to convince you that a character flaw is actually a good thing? Don't fall for it. When you can recognize the foolishness, you…
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190. Dysphemism & Euphemism- Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #8
Words matter & sometimes people use specific words to make something seem better or worse than it actually is. When you can recognize the foolishness, you…
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189. Scapegoating - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #7
Did you know some people blame an innocent person on purpose? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy…
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188. FUD & FOMO - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #6
These two tactics are two sides of the same coin...don't fall for it! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about…
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187. Dog Whistle - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #5
Are there really messages that only certain people can hear? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy…
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186. Projection - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #4
When someone tries to make it seem like you did the thing they actually did! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more…
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185. Minimization - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #3
When someone wants to take attention away from a big issue, they'll often attempt to make it seem smaller than it really is. When you can recognize the…
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184. Muddy the Waters - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #2
When someone purposely makes things confusing & unclear, it can make them uncertain & confused. Don't let someone do it to you on purpose! When you can…
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183. Adding Qualifiers - Propaganda Tactic Miniseries #1
These little words & phrases create just enough uncertainty that the person saying them can get away with saying things that may not be true. When you can…
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182. The Appeal to Extremes Fallacy
Just because you CAN make something seem utterly ridiculous doesn't always mean it is! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!…
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181. The link between marketing and human psychology
Did you know that so much of Marketing is based on Human Psychology? I'll give you 5 tactics that marketers use to try to get you to buy! When you can…
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180. The Appeal to the Beard
Sometimes it's hard to tell when conditions change from one state to another, but that doesn't mean the two states are the same. When you can recognize the…
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179. The Divine Fallacy
You may not be able to explain something, but does that always mean it's the result of divine intervention? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't…
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178. The Appeal to Faith Fallacy
Have you ever seen a movie where the theme behind it was, "just believe" whatever this thing is I'm telling you to believe? When you can recognize the…
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177. The Appeal to Equality Fallacy
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy Here's how you can…
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176. The Argument from Omniscience Fallacy
Someone might make claims that the know what 'everyone' is thinking, but do they really? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!…
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175. The Appeal to Bribery Fallacy
When someone offers you a bribe, you really need to think about why they're having to resort to that tactic! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't…
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174. The Appeal to Force Fallacy
Nobody likes to hear, "You'd better do it, or else!" When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers…
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173. The Politician's Syllogism Fallacy
When bad things happen, people often cry, 'Something must be done!' And there's no shortage of people willing to swoop in with a half-baked idea of what that…
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172. The Notable Effort Fallacy
We've all heard the phrase "Give them an 'A' for effort", but did you know it can also be a fallacy? Learn more about Crazy Thinkers…
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171. The Fake Precision Fallacy
I'm 87.54% sure you've heard this fallacy before. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers…
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170. The Quantum Physics Fallacy
Just saying the words 'Quantum Physics' automatically makes you sound smarter....right? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!…
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169. The Galileo Gambit
Persecution is proof that you're right....right??? Not so fast, Galileo. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about…
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168. The Argument by Pigheadedness
The Bible warns against arguing with a fool for good reason! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy…
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167. What is a 'Deepity'?
You've probably never heard of a 'Deepity' before, but you've definitely heard them, and probably used them as well! When you can recognize the foolishness…
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166. What is a 'Thought-Terminating Cliche'?
This one isn't exactly a fallacy, but it is a technique used to get you to STOP thinking! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!…
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165. The Ipse Dixit Fallacy
Have you ever heard someone say (or said yourself?) "Because I said so"? There's a fancy Latin term for it, and I'll tell you the different ways this fallacy…
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164. The Moral Equivalence Fallacy
Two situations may have similarities, but that doesn't mean we should apply the same standards of morality to both of them. When you can recognize the…
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163. The Moralistic Fallacy
Would you believe there are people out there who will deny what we can observe in nature just because they think it's wrong? When you can recognize the…
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162. The Naturalistic Fallacy
Just because we can observe something in nature, or in human nature, doesn't mean it's right and morally good! When you can recognize the foolishness, you…
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161. The Job's Comforter Fallacy
Have you ever had someone try to offer you advice & comfort that felt anything but comforting? Yep...it happens a lot...and it hurts. When you can recognize…
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160. The 'Draw Your Own Conclusion' Fallacy
It's wise to use your own brain to draw conclusions, but what about when someone gives you just a few selectively chosen pieces of information and then tells…
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159. The Fallacy of Bulverism
What do you get when you mix Circular Reasoning with the Genetic Fallacy? Bulverism! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn…
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158. The Big Brain/Little Brain Fallacy
If anyone ever tells you to let them do the thinking for you, it should raise serious red flags in your mind!! When you can recognize the foolishness, you…
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157. The 'What's The Harm' Fallacy
There's no harm in just trying something...right? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers…
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156. The Appeal to Intuition Fallacy
Intuition can be a powerful tool, but we have to keep in mind that it's a gut feeling, not a fact. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled…
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155. The Argument to the Future Fallacy
Unless you're Marty McFly from Back to the Future, you don't actually KNOW what's going to happen! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled…
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154. The Argument to the Purse Fallacy
Does the amount of money you have make your arguments more believable or sound? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more…
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153. The Appeal to Closure Fallacy
It's helpful to get closure after a traumatic event, but closure at any cost shouldn't be the goal. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get…
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152. The Sherlock Holmes Fallacy
Surely the world's greatest detective wouldn't make an error in thinking...right?!? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn…
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151. The Gish Gallop Fallacy
Honestly, I think this one should be called Proof by Verbal Vomit! :) When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about…
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150. 4 Simple Ways to Practice Critical Thinking - Part 2
Here's parts 3 & 4 of simple ways to practice critical thinking. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy…
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149. 4 Simple Ways to Practice Critical Thinking - Part 1
Learning to think WELL is like learning to play basketball...you're going to have to practice it if you want to get good at it. Here's how... When you can…
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148. The Kafka Trap
In the KafkaTrap, you're automatically assumed guilty, and there's no way to prove our own innocence. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get…
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147. DoubleSpeak
Just because someone is talking doesn't mean they're communicating well...don't get fooled by misleading language! When you can recognize the foolishness, you…
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146. The Irrelevant Thesis Fallacy
The evidence a person gives may be true...but that doesn't mean it supports the claim they're making. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get…
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145. The Cherry Picking Fallacy
Giving data & evidence to support your claim is important...but don't get complacent with just hearing supportive-sounding data. We need to go a step further…
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144. The Fallacy of Ignoring a Common Cause
When two things seem to happen together, it's easy to assume one is causing the other...but sometimes we need to ask if there's something else that could be…
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143. The Argument by Example Fallacy
When someone gives an example of their argument, it's helpful, right? But what if the only thing they give in support of their argument or claim is an example?…