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Filter It Through a Brain Cell

Kathy Gibbens

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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 by...

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Episodes (371)

321. The Bikeshedding Bias | Logic for Middle & High School

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320. Apophenia | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Oct 20, 202510:05pending

319. The Streisand Effect | Critical Thinking for Students

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Oct 13, 20258:13pending

318. The Google Effect Bias | Biases for Teens

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Oct 9, 20257:11pending

317. The Hostile Media Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Oct 6, 20259:45pending

316: The Naïve Realism Bias | How to Recognize Biases

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Oct 2, 202510:53pending

315. The Fundamental Attribution Error Bias | Logic for Teens

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Sep 29, 20258:29pending

314. The Blind Spot Bias | Cognitive Bias for Teens

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Sep 25, 20258:55pending

313. Why is Psychological Stamina so important? | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Sep 22, 20259:27pending

312. The Disinhibition Effect | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Sep 18, 20259:07pending

311. Persuade like Charlie | 8 Steps to an effective debate

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Sep 15, 202513:17pending

310. The Identifiable Victim Effect Bias

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Sep 11, 20257:07pending

309. The Ingroup Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Sep 8, 20257:49pending

308. The False Uniqueness Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens

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Sep 4, 20257:35pending

307. The Labeling Effect Bias: The scary consequences of unchecked biases!

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Sep 1, 202513:18pending

306. How To Raise a Kid Who Never Questions Anything (Warning: Satire Ahead!)

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Jun 12, 202512:04pending

305. The Empathy Gap Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Jun 9, 20258:13pending

304. The Ambiguity Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens

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Jun 5, 20258:29pending

303. The Optimism Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Jun 2, 20257:34pending

302. The Illusion of Control Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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May 29, 20259:31pending

301. The Omission Bias | Cognitive Biases for Teens

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May 27, 20258:27pending

300. The Impact Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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May 22, 20259:12pending

299. The Forer Effect Bias | Cognitive Biases for Teens

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May 19, 202513:00pending

298. The Decoy Effect | Critical Thinking for Teens

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May 15, 20258:22pending

297. The Cheerleader Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens

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296. The Action Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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May 8, 20259:20pending

295. How to Stop Being Afraid of the News | Media Bias for Teens

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May 5, 20259:44pending

294. Media Bias Mini-series: Elite vs. Populist Bias

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May 1, 20258:23pending

293. Media Bias Mini-series: Photo Bias | Biases & Critical Thinking for Teens

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Apr 28, 20258:23pending

292. Media Bias Mini-series: Negativity Bias | Biases & Critical Thinking for Te...

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Apr 24, 20259:00pending

291. Media Bias Mini-series: Word Choice | Biases & Critical Thinking for Teens

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Apr 21, 20259:02pending

290. Media Bias Mini-series: Subjective Qualifying Adjectives | Biases & Critica...

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Apr 17, 20257:15pending

289. Media Bias Mini-series: Omission of Source Attribution

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Apr 14, 20257:48pending

288. Media Bias Mini-series: Bias by Story Choice & Placement | Cognitive Biases...

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Apr 10, 202510:20pending

287. Media Bias Mini-series: Bias by Omission

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286. Media Bias Mini-series: Flawed Logic

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285. Media Bias Mini-series: Slant | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Mar 31, 20257:27pending

284. Media Bias Mini-series: Mind Reading | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Mar 27, 20259:37pending

283. Media Bias Mini-series: Mudslinging

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Mar 20, 202510:15pending

282. Media Bias Mini-series: Sensationalism

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281. Media Bias Mini-series: Opinion Statements Presented as Facts

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Mar 13, 202510:38pending

280. Media Bias Mini-series: Unsubstantiated Claims

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Mar 10, 202510:51pending

279. Media Bias Mini-series: Spin

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Mar 6, 202511:21pending

278. Media Bias Miniseries: What is Media Bias?

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Mar 3, 20259:19pending

277. The Framing Effect

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Feb 27, 20259:39pending

276. How On Earth Could They Think That?!

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Feb 24, 202511:50pending

275. The Hindsight Bias

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274. The Outcome Bias

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273. The Spotlight Effect

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272. The Primacy Effect

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