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    No True Scotsman
    • Jan 24
    • 3 min

    No True Scotsman

    Of all the elements in the critical-thinker’s tool bag, fallacies tend to have the coolest names, such as Argumentation from Outrage, Tu...
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    Ethics Bowl - Correlation
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    Ethics Bowl - Correlation

    Continuing to look at ways to apply critical-thinking principles to ethical dilemmas, including those making up national cases for this...
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    But What About...?
    • Feb 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    But What About...?

    Is there anything to be learned from the just-ended Impeachment II? What about whataboutism?
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    Getting the Vote Count "Right"
    • Oct 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    Getting the Vote Count "Right"

    Nowhere is the gap between human belief in the perfection of numbers, and their grubby reality more apparent than during an election count.
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    Deliberation
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Deliberation

    The final presidential debate demonstrates how deliberation is where critical thinking and democratic politics meet.
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    Equivocation
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 3 min

    Equivocation

    When it comes to critical thinking, the ambiguity inherent in language can easily lead to the fallacy of equivocation.
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    Argumentation from Outrage
    • Sep 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    Argumentation from Outrage

    The first 2020 presidential debate is the new champion example of the informal fallacy argumentation from outrage.
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    Donald Trump: Acting Base (Rate)
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    Donald Trump: Acting Base (Rate)

    Donald Trump's TV Spots: Argument from Fear and Base-Rate Fallacies
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    Joe Biden: Cool Kid and Rooster
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    Joe Biden: Cool Kid and Rooster

    What fallacies can we find in campaign commercials? First up: Joe Biden's "Laughed At" and "Timeline".
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    Fallacies
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Fallacies

    Fallacies are errors in reasoning that occur so frequently they have been given names, some of which go back centuries.
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    A Complex Argument for Opening Schools
    • Sep 3, 2020
    • 7 min

    A Complex Argument for Opening Schools

    How well does New York Times columnist @NickKristof make his case for school reopening?
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    Countdown to the Next Big Count
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 5 min

    Countdown to the Next Big Count

    Certainly something as ridiculously simple as counting can't lead to chaos and error. Can it?
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    Apples to Apples
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 7 min

    Apples to Apples

    Mathmatical fallacies, like comparing apples to oranges, can have deadly consequences
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    Rates of Confusion
    • Aug 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    Rates of Confusion

    How much do stats, including ones we need to measure our success fighting a pandemic, represent ideal numbers vs. a messy world?
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    Playing with Numbers
    • Aug 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    Playing with Numbers

    What happens when our faith in the numeric information leads us astray?
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