by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 17, 2022 | Critical Thinking, Loons, Pseudoscience, Science
‘A Menace to Public Health’: Doctors Demand Spotify Puts an End to Covid Lies on ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ As an infectious disease epidemiologist and research fellow at Boston’s Children’s Hospital who debunks health misinformation on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 30, 2021 | Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking
8 logical fallacies that are hard to spot In arguments, few things are more frustrating than when you realize that someone is using bad logic, but you can’t quite identify what the problem is. This rarely happens with the more well-known logical fallacies. For...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 12, 2021 | Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking
I saw a funny cartoon on Facebook this morning about how so many people misunderstand “Herd Immunity”. Yeah it an exaggeration for effect but the core thinking behind it is true. The lack of understanding how “Herd Immunity” works is just...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 6, 2021 | Characters on the Right, Critical Thinking, Science, Science Denial, Vaccination
Aaron Rodgers said he did the research on covid vaccines. Here’s how he was wrong, according to experts Of course, Rodgers, a three-time MVP, is not a scientist and has no authority on the complex sciences of immunology or virology. But his all-over-the-map...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 17, 2021 | Critical Thinking
Conspiracy theorists lack critical thinking skills: New study The more people believe in conspiracy theories, the worse they perform on critical thinking tests, a new study has confirmed. This doesn’t mean that conspiracy theorists are necessarily lacking...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 27, 2021 | Agriculture, Behavior, Critical Thinking, GMOs, Science
Glyphosate and Behavioral Economics How misinformation spread over one of the safest herbicides becoming known as one of the most harmful. Skeptoid Podcast #676 May 21, 2019 Podcast transcript It’s hardly possible to turn on the news, to talk to a farmer, or to...
