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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)

221. The Magical Thinking Fallacy

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220. The Fallacy of Every and All

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Mar 28, 20246:54pending

219. The Shoehorning Fallacy

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Mar 21, 20248:03pending

218. The Appeal to Stupidity Fallacy

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217. The ‘Just in Case’ Fallacy

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Mar 14, 20247:03pending

216. Failure to Elucidate

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Mar 11, 20247:25pending

215. The Appeal to the Law Fallacy

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Mar 7, 20247:42pending

214. The Pragmatic Fallacy

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Mar 4, 20247:02pending

213. The Begging the Question Fallacy

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Feb 29, 20245:51pending

212. The Incomplete Comparison Fallacy

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Feb 26, 20248:58pending

211. The McNamara Fallacy

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Feb 22, 20248:42pending

210. The Ludic Fallacy

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Feb 19, 20247:48pending

209. Can you name this fallacy?

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Feb 15, 202411:29pending

208. Data Dredging: Statistical Fallacy Miniseries #9

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Feb 12, 20247:12pending

207. Self-Selection Bias: Statistical Fallacy Miniseries #8

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Feb 8, 20247:53pending

206. Regression to the Mean : Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #7

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Feb 5, 20248:13pending

205. Survivorship Bias: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #6

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Feb 1, 20248:17pending

204. Base Rate Fallacy: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #5

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Jan 29, 20248:07pending

203. The Ecological Fallacy: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #4

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Jan 25, 20247:25pending

202. The Confounding Variable: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #3

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Jan 22, 20248:35pending

201. Simpson’s Paradox: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #2

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Jan 18, 20247:52pending

200. The Misuse of Averages: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #1

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Jan 15, 202415:18pending

199. How to Think About Conspiracy Theories: Part 2

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Jan 11, 202421:11pending

198. How to Think About Conspiracy Theories: Part 1 with Connor Boyack

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Jan 8, 202434:57pending

197. Self-Refuting Statement - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #15

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Nov 6, 20237:04pending

196. Quote Mining - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #14

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Oct 30, 20238:14pending

195. Baseless, False & Misleading Claims - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #13

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Oct 26, 20236:25pending

194. Hypnotic Bait & Switch - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #12

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193. Labels, Slogans & Virtue Words - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #11

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Oct 19, 20239:40pending

192. Hyperbole - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #10

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Oct 16, 20237:15pending

191. Fault as Virtue - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #9

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Oct 12, 20236:41pending

190. Dysphemism & Euphemism- Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #8

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Oct 9, 20237:39pending

189. Scapegoating - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #7

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Oct 5, 20238:22pending

188. FUD & FOMO - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #6

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Oct 2, 202310:10pending

187. Dog Whistle - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #5

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Sep 28, 20238:53pending

186. Projection - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #4

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Sep 25, 20237:45pending

185. Minimization - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #3

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Sep 21, 20238:03pending

184. Muddy the Waters - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #2

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Sep 18, 20237:13pending

183. Adding Qualifiers - Propaganda Tactic Miniseries #1

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Sep 14, 202310:14pending

182. The Appeal to Extremes Fallacy

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Sep 12, 20237:49pending

181. The link between marketing and human psychology

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Sep 7, 202314:18pending

180. The Appeal to the Beard

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Aug 14, 20238:34pending

179. The Divine Fallacy

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Aug 7, 202311:11pending

178. The Appeal to Faith Fallacy

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Jul 31, 20236:58pending

177. The Appeal to Equality Fallacy

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Jul 27, 20239:54pending

176. The Argument from Omniscience Fallacy

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Jul 25, 202311:12pending

175. The Appeal to Bribery Fallacy

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Jul 20, 20238:20pending

174. The Appeal to Force Fallacy

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Jul 17, 20237:49pending

173. The Politician's Syllogism Fallacy

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Jul 13, 202311:04pending

172. The Notable Effort Fallacy

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Jul 10, 20239:25pending

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