All Weekly Wisdom Builder 1-minute hot topic FAQs.
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What does the Crinum coal mine teach us about dating methods?
Logical Fallacies < Critical Thinking
Is the question of a creator important?
The question of a creator is currently an unknown, and likely an unknowable. Belief in a creator is a personal matter, not a scientific one.
When did play evolve in mammals?
Play evolved many times in evolution as a survival tool. Mammalian-like play emerged about 190 million years ago.
Does Musk’s Mars vision highlight poor reasoning?
Mind Traps < Critical Thinking
When and where was beer invented?
The earliest evidence of spirits is from China, around 7,000 BCE. The earliest traces of beer is 5000 BCE in Iran.
Did Pythagoras coin the word philosophy?
No, Pythagoras was a sophist. He did not know the word philosophy. The word philosophy was coined later by Plato, Aristotle, and others.
Why did the prisoner choose the bread over the key?
Ethics < Philosophy
Is the 8.7-million-year-old Anadoluvius a human ancestor?
Evolution < Science
CRITICAL THINKING: Does the Fermi paradox lack good thinking?
Cognitive Bias < Critical Thinking
Who were the first Socratic philosophers?
The direct students of Socrates is the narrow definition: Plato, Xenophon, etc.
Do aliens enjoy playing like we do on Earth?
If life elsewhere follows patterns like those on Earth, play may emerge wherever intelligence and social complexity arise.
Is science tainted by bias?
Science is touched by human bias, but its strength lies in being a self-correcting process.
Is the Fermi Paradox still relevant?
It is a useful abductive reasoning model but challenges us to confront the limits of our technology, imagination, and perspective.
Is the prisoner choosing bread over a key to freedom a critical thinking error?
Choosing bread isn't moral failure; it’s a classic example of "present bias," where immediate needs, present desires, overpower long-term thinking.
Which tradition puts friendship above all else?
Epicureanism places friendship at the very center of a meaningful life.
What is Ninio’s Extinction Illusion?
Jacques Ninio’s Extinction Illusion reveals how perception can erase what is plainly present.
Are bonobos and chimpanzees separate species?
Bonobos and chimpanzees are separate species and cannot interbreed.
Did red algae descend from green algae?
Red algae did not descend from green algae. Both lineages split from a shared ancestor about 1.5 billion years ago, then adapted independently to different ...
What is the preservation bias?
Preservation bias shapes what we think we know by favoring durable evidence over what decays.
What is the Ebbinghaus Illusion?
Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking