#WWB Critical Thinking
How do we know bloodletting doesn’t work?
Logical Fallacies < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
How do slippery slope arguments manipulate people?
Slippery slope arguments manipulate by replacing evidence with fear, implying inevitability without proving the steps in between.
How do I know what is true and what is just an opinion?
Evidence. Inductive reasoning is evidence based; abductive reasoning is a best guess from limited evidence.
Why are invalid fear-based arguments so effective?
Logical Fallacies < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Why do people believe wrong things?
Cognitive Biases < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Can a fat, out of shape person give valid nutritional advice?
Good advice doesn’t become wrong because the person giving it fails to follow it. Truth stands or falls on evidence, not appearances.
Is anecdotal evidence ever useful to prove something?
Idea Evaluation < Five Thought Tools < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Is the Big Bang singularity scientific or philosophical?
Metaphysics < Philosophy
Did most humans live in caves 30,000 years ago?
Cognitive Biases < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
If evolution is true, why haven’t humans evolved in 50,000 years?
Humans have evolved in the last 50,000 years, just not into a new “species."
Is the idea of superposition multiple states irrational?
Idea of Ideas < Five Thought Tools < Critical Thinking
What is the difference between a true believer, an empiricist, and a true skeptic?
Viewpoint < OVM < Five Thought Tools < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
What is a straw man fallacy and how can I avoid it?
Logical Fallacies < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking: Is someone bad if they work for big oil or big tobacco?
Logical Fallacies < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Is Terrance Howard correct when he says zero does not exist?
Philosophy of Science < Truth Hammers < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking: Why is “inductive” reasoning not as reliable as deductive?
Inductive < Reasoning < Five Thought Tools < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking: Are personal spiritual experiences believable?
Belief & falsifiability < Idea of Ideas < Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking: Did Einstein’s driver really give one of his early talks?
Idea of Ideas < TST Framework < Critical Thinking
Thinking: How does social media fuel the “grass is always greener” problem?
Comparative Illusion < Cognitive Bias < Four Mind Traps < Critical Thinking
Does the absence of evidence prove anything?
God of the Gaps < Logical Fallacies < Four Mind Traps < TST Framework < Critical Thinking