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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...

Notable Guests

Jordan Peterson

Jordan Peterson49×

Jane Smith38×NNate O'Brien9×

Hank Green7×JJoshua Kaufman6×RRachel Simmons5×

Jordan Harbinger

Jordan Harbinger5×

George Orwell4×

Episodes (371)

271. The Recency Effect

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Feb 6, 20257:38pending

270. The Negativity Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Feb 3, 20255:43pending

269. The Horn Effect

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Jan 30, 20257:03pending

268. The Halo Effect

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Jan 27, 20257:28pending

267. How to Recognize ‘Happy Lies’ with Melissa Dougherty

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Jan 23, 202539:11pending

266. The False Consensus Effect

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Jan 20, 20258:05pending

265. The Loss Aversion Bias

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Jan 16, 20257:09pending

264. The Endowment Effect

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Jan 13, 20257:14pending

263. The Availability Bias

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Jan 6, 202511:00pending

262. Critical Thinking Led Me to Christ with High School Teacher Will Reusch

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Dec 30, 202435:01pending

261. The Anchoring Bias | Cognitive Biases for Teens

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Dec 19, 20246:49pending

260. The Actor-Observer Bias

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Dec 16, 20248:59pending

259. The Self-Serving Bias

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Dec 12, 20247:35pending

258. The Belief Bias

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Dec 9, 20249:43pending

257. The Curse of Knowledge Bias

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Dec 5, 202410:52pending

256. The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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Dec 2, 202411:15pending

255. The Confirmation Bias

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Nov 25, 202410:13pending

254. Real-life Consequences of Unrecognized Biases

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Nov 21, 202419:47pending

253. What is a Cognitive Bias?

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Nov 18, 202410:03pending

252. The Argument from the Negative Fallacy

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Nov 18, 20246:43pending

251. Critical Thinking Applied: How to Think About Race and CRT with Monique Dus...

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Nov 18, 202427:36pending

250. Let's Make Critical Thinking Cool Again (Season 1 Wrap-Up)

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Jul 24, 202412:00pending

249. Critical Thinking Applied: How to Think About Big News Stories

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Jul 19, 202429:21pending

248. Critical Thinking Applied: How to Think About Justice with Theology Mom, Kr...

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Jul 15, 202434:06pending

247. Critical Thinking Applied: How to Watch Movies with Wisdom & Discernment wi...

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Jul 8, 202436:21pending

246. Critical Thinking Applied: What Critical Thinking ISN'T!

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Jul 2, 202411:16pending

245. Critical Thinking Applied: The Power of Asking Questions

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Jun 27, 202426:38pending

244. Critical Thinking Applied: How to think about Feelings & Emotions with Nobl...

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Jun 25, 202433:55pending

Critical Thinking Applied: When's the last time you changed your mind?

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Jun 20, 202417:52pending

242. Critical Thinking Applied: Fixed vs. Growth Mindset

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Jun 18, 202412:55pending

241. Critical Thinking Applied: How to think about Gender Identity with Ricky Ch...

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Jun 10, 202429:42pending

240. Critical Thinking Applied: The Laws of Logic and the Transgender Argument w...

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Jun 6, 202420:43pending

239. Critical Thinking Applied: How to talk about your faith with people who dis...

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Jun 3, 202425:00pending

238. Critical Thinking Applied: How to escape a controlling environment

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May 30, 202412:55pending

237. Critical Thinking Applied: 15 Characteristics of an Unhealthy Organization

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May 28, 202420:31pending

236. Critical Thinking Applied: Do Faith & Logic Mix? With Shanda Fulbright

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May 23, 202435:34pending

235. Critical Thinking Applied: The Logic of Abraham Lincoln

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May 20, 202412:15pending

234. Critical Thinking Applied: Why Truth Matters with Dr. Jeff Myers

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May 16, 202437:40pending

233. The Allness Fallacy

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May 13, 20249:45pending

232. The Appeal to Prejudice Fallacy

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May 9, 20247:23pending

231. The Proof Surrogate Fallacy

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May 6, 20246:34pending

230. The Argument by Innuendo Fallacy

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May 2, 20248:04pending

229. The Self-Refuting Statement

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Apr 29, 20248:09pending

228. The Fallacy of Opposition

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Apr 25, 20247:41pending

227. The Broken Window Fallacy

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Apr 22, 20247:40pending

226. The Traitorous Critic Fallacy

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Apr 18, 20246:27pending

225. The Nutpicking Fallacy

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Apr 15, 20248:30pending

224. The Definist Fallacy

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Apr 11, 20246:14pending

223. The Appeal to Definition Fallacy

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Apr 9, 20248:18pending

222. The Meaningless Question Fallacy

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Apr 4, 20245:27pending

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