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...
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...
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...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 1, 2020 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Skepticism
Thomas Westbrook speaking at the LogiCal-LA conference in Los Angeles in 2019 discusses ways to improve science communication in the war on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 31, 2020 | Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking
A few year ago now reading Daniel Kahneman’s seminal book Thinking, Fast and Slow changed the way I looked at everything around me. It was so important I read or listened to it three times and even bought several of the summary and analysis books too to act as study...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 30, 2020 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Religion
From the: Holy Koolaid channel…
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 3, 2020 | • Politics, Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking
From the beginning of Kurt Andersen’s (Wikipedia & KurtAndersen.com) lecture: Back thirty years before he was President in United States, twenty years before there was a United States, John Adams as you may know served as the defense lawyer for the British...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 18, 2019 | • Politics, Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Science
Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies? Many conservatives have a loose relationship with facts. The right-wing denial of what most people think of as accepted reality starts with political issues: As recently as 2016, 45 percent of Republicans still...
