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When someone doesn't want to change their belief about a group of people or things, they'll often try to dismiss the new information rather than change their belief. I'll tell you why in today's episode! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers :   www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallaci...

Just because you can't believe it, doesn't mean it isn't true! And just because you don't understand it, doesn't mean it isn't false. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers :   www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:      https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.co...

Ever heard of jumping to conclusions? Well, this is the more formal name for it. Learn the specifics of what makes this a fallacy. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers :   www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:      https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/o...

Here are 6 super practical ways you can help your teen learn to think better! And the bonus is, you'll learn to think better in the process. The reality is, just learning about the fallacies isn't enough. You actually need to practice using them. To practice THINKING. Using a recent example of how I just did this with my own daughter, I give you a really easy way to do it. When you can recognize t...

Today, we'll discuss the opposite of the Whole-to-Part Fallacy and learn why someone can be on the champion team and yet just be a mediocre player. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Learn more about Crazy Thinkers :   www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:      https://www.filteritthroug...

Are all Democrats alike? All Republicans? Just because one believes a certain thing, does that automatically mean all of them do? Here's why we can't make sweeping generalizations. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Se...

There is no shortage of drama online, for sure. And there's no shortage of people who have opinions about that drama and would love nothing more than to tell you what they want you to think or feel about it. Here are 10 questions to help you think about it for yourself! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies...

Just because two things are *somewhat* similar, beware when someone tries to create too much connection between the two! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're s...

Is meeting in the middle to compromise always the best choice? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!   think@filteritthroughabraincell.c...

Bad reasoning always leads to wrong conclusions, right?....or does it??? Be careful, this is the fallacy you're most likely to commit yourself once you start learning about critical thinking! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell....

Ooh, this one is a tricky one if you don't know how to recognize it! And it's tricky because there are some Appeals to Heaven that are proper and some that are faulty. The hard part, sometimes, is telling the difference. Here's how to do exactly that. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take...

Just because something is possible, does that also mean it's a certainty? Of course not! Here's how to recognize this faulty reasoning. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fal...

An Appeal to Ignorance happens when someone tries to convince you that something is true just because it hasn't been disproven yet. Or, they try to convince you that something isn't true just because it can't be proven yet. But these are the wrong arguments! Find out why in today's episode! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you ca...

Are things really better just because they're new, just because they're the latest & the greatest? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!...

Are things really better just because they're old? Should we keep doing things just because that's how we've always done them? When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies yo...

The Appeal to Fear is so insidious. Here's why you have to be especially aware of this emotional manipulation: it has consequences that are far-reaching. Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Send me any questions, commen...

As we continue our mini-series on emotional appeals, let's talk about the Appeal to Pity & how to recognize it. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing...

Let's continue to conversation on propaganda by talking about one of the main ways propaganda happens: through an Appeal to Emotions. Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Send me any questions, comments or even the falla...

We're in a mini-series about emotional appeals, and a lot of the emotional appeals are forms of propaganda. What's propaganda? Would you recognize it if you saw it? Let's talk about it! When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/qu...

Ever heard the term "green-washing" before? It's when advertisers try to make something seem more desirable by making it seem more 'natural'. That's an Appeal to Nature & I'll tell you how to recognize & deconstruct this common fallacy. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Me...

Today starts a new mini-series on a type of fallacy called Appeals. First up, is an Appeal to Authority, and how to recognize a legitimate appeal to authority and a faulty appeal to authority. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell...

Learn the fascinating origin of the term "jumping on the bandwagon" and also the sometimes devastating way we're seeing this fallacy play out in society now. When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it! Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, co...

Learn about the 'origin story' that's behind the Genetic Fallacy. Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!   think@filteritthroughabraincell.com Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell Sign up fo...

Today we'll be talking about the Tu Quoque fallacy, or what I like to call the "three fingers pointing back at you" fallacy. Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz!  www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!   think@filteritthroughabraincell.com Or,...

In episode 14, I briefly mentioned something about having a GOOD conversation with others...even those who share a different viewpoint than you. But I felt like I left you hanging a little bit on HOW to go about doing that. So, today, instead of teaching a new fallacy, I'm going to teach you 5 essentials to having a GOOD conversation, even when you and the other person disagree. The 5 Essentials t...