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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)

171. The Fake Precision Fallacy

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170. The Quantum Physics Fallacy

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169. The Galileo Gambit

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168. The Argument by Pigheadedness

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167. What is a 'Deepity'?

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166. What is a 'Thought-Terminating Cliche'?

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165. The Ipse Dixit Fallacy

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Jun 15, 20237:27pending

164. The Moral Equivalence Fallacy

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Jun 12, 20236:32pending

163. The Moralistic Fallacy

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162. The Naturalistic Fallacy

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161. The Job's Comforter Fallacy

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Jun 1, 20239:57pending

160. The 'Draw Your Own Conclusion' Fallacy

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May 29, 202313:03pending

159. The Fallacy of Bulverism

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May 25, 202311:01pending

158. The Big Brain/Little Brain Fallacy

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May 22, 202310:01pending

157. The 'What's The Harm' Fallacy

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May 18, 20236:53pending

156. The Appeal to Intuition Fallacy

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May 16, 20236:40pending

155. The Argument to the Future Fallacy

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154. The Argument to the Purse Fallacy

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May 11, 20236:43pending

153. The Appeal to Closure Fallacy

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May 9, 20239:01pending

152. The Sherlock Holmes Fallacy

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May 8, 202311:20pending

151. The Gish Gallop Fallacy

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May 4, 20239:45pending

150. 4 Simple Ways to Practice Critical Thinking - Part 2

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149. 4 Simple Ways to Practice Critical Thinking - Part 1

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May 1, 202311:55pending

148. The Kafka Trap

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Apr 27, 202310:22pending

147. DoubleSpeak

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Apr 25, 20239:36pending

146. The Irrelevant Thesis Fallacy

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145. The Cherry Picking Fallacy

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144. The Fallacy of Ignoring a Common Cause

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143. The Argument by Example Fallacy

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142. The Inconsistency Ad Hominem Fallacy

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Apr 13, 20238:15pending

141. The Circumstantial Ad Hominem Fallacy

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140. The Fallacy of Confusing Explanations and Excuses

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Apr 10, 202311:33pending

139. The Burden of Proof Fallacy

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138. The Biased Generalization Fallacy

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137. The Appeal to Silence Fallacy

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136. The Pique Technique

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135. The Ingratiation Technique

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Mar 28, 20239:15pending

134. The Low-Ball Technique

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133. The Foot in the Door Technique

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132. The Door in the Face Technique

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Mar 21, 20238:56pending

131. Part 7: How to argue & debate… and do it well!

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Mar 20, 20238:45pending

130. Part 6: How to argue & debate… and do it well!

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129. Part 5: How to argue & debate… and do it well!

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Mar 14, 20238:19pending

128. Part 4: How to argue & debate… and do it well!

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Mar 13, 20238:29pending

127. Part 3: How to argue & debate… and do it well!

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Mar 9, 20237:30pending

126. Part 2: How to argue & debate… and do it well!

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125. Part 1: How to argue & debate… and do it well!

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124. The Guilt Trip Fallacy

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123. The Apple Polishing Fallacy

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122. The Appeal to Group Identity Fallacy

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Feb 27, 202310:23pending

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