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The Multilevel Marketing Cults: Lies, Pyramid Schemes, and the Pursuit of Financial Freedom. – YouTube

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 11, 2020 | Irrational Thinking, Multi Level Marketing, Skepticism

Thoughts on a COVID-19 Vaccine

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Science Based Medicine

In a conversation last weekend I said despite my vaccine advocacy in the case of a vaccine for COVID-19 I said I would not want to be amongst the first to get vaccinated when “they’ come up with a vaccine because of how it is being rushed to market. Thinking about it...

You Must Not ‘Do Your Own Research’ When It Comes To Science

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 1, 2020 | Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking

Arguably one of the most important lessons on critical thinking I have ever seen articulated! This is exactly what I mean when I say, when I come to the relazation, that I AM NOT SO SMART… “…Even those of us with excellent critical thinking skills...

How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind | MIT Technology Review

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 20, 2020 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking

How to talk to conspiracy theorists-and still be kind On May 4, a slick, 26-minute video was released, alleging that the coronavirus was actually a laboratory-manipulated virus deployed to wreak havoc so that a resulting vaccine could be used for profit. None of that...

You Can’t Prove That God Doesn’t Exist – Debunked – YouTube

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 4, 2020 | Atheism, Critical Thinking, Reason & Rational Thinking, Religion

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds | James Clear

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 28, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Cognitive Bias, Psychology

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds The economist J.K. Galbraith once wrote, “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the...

Coronavirus, ‘Plandemic’ and the seven traits of conspiratorial thinking | World Economic Forum

by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Partisan Idiocy, Pseudoscience, Psychology, Reason & Rational Thinking, Right Wing Lunacy

The 7 traits of conspiratorial thinking Science misinformation and conspiracy theories have surged during coronavirus. This guide can help you identify...

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP’s Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult | Washington Monthly

by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 24, 2020 | • Politics, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, The 2020 Presidential Race, The Republicans

We Need to Speak Honestly About the GOP’s Evolution Into a Conspiracy Cult One of the challenges in analyzing modern American politics is accurately describing the Republican Party without seeming unserious and hyperbolic. Major publications are understandably...

Coronavirus reveals we all need a course in evidence

by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 20, 2020 | Coronavirus, Critical Thinking

We have become a nation of magical thinkers, making decisions based on what we hope is the case and whom we want to believe. When confronted with opposing evidence, we do not engage with it. We dismiss it and stick a label on it: “fake,” “phony,” “biased,” etc. And...

Did SARS-Cov-2 start in a Chinese lab? – YouTube | Potholer54

by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 18, 2020 | Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Science

Trump is on record saying he’s seen evidence virus started in Chinese lab and Pompeo has echoed Trump although when pressed on the question he has indicated he hadn’t seen definitive evidence. The idea that the virus was engineered in a lab by the Chinese...

If Someone Shares the ‘Plandemic’ Video, What Do I Say? – The Atlantic

by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 10, 2020 | Coronavirus, Critical Thinking

If Someone Shares the ‘Plandemic’ Video, How Should You Respond? Whatever camp someone falls in, though, the general principles are the same. “It’s always important to respond in a way that doesn’t suggest that the other [person] is...

Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? | Psychology Today

by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 9, 2020 | Critical Thinking, Psychology

Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? It seems that every family has an Uncle Joe-the guy who goes on and on about conspiracy theories at the holiday dinner table. The 9/11 attack was orchestrated by the government. The moon landing was filmed in Hollywood....
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