by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 2, 2023 | Critical Thinking, Religion
I once had a dog that this was true for. With my Super Dog Rosalita the truth was she was a great fetch dog and if you rolled an unmounted care tire down the driveway she would fetch it. This grew into a legend and myth that when you really think about it critically...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 2, 2023 | Alternative Medicine, Critical Thinking, Health, Looking @ Woo, Pseudoscience
The Doctor who Deliberately Spreads Disinformation and Denies Reality – YouTube
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 31, 2023 | Critical Thinking
Dr. Steven Novella of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe on Examining Premises.
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 21, 2023 | Critical Thinking
Published by Steven Novella under Neuroscience,Skepticism How We Determine What to Believe as True Psychologists have been studying a very basic cognitive function that appears to be of increasing importance – how do we choose what to believe as true or...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 20, 2023 | • Politics, Critical Thinking
Truth-by-repetition: No matter how outrageous, repeated lies become the truth It doesn’t matter how ridiculous a lie is. As long as the lie is repeated often enough, some people will believe it. Joseph Goebells, the chief propagandist for Hitler’s Nazi...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 15, 2023 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Irrational Thinking, Right Wing Lunacy
The whole PBS segment David Pakman referred to:
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 3, 2023 | Critical Thinking
Sometimes there is more to the story than the quick 5 second soundbite or meme tells us… The Meme… Pretty funny but there is more to the story The More Detailed Story Ailing St. Bernard rescued by volunteers on British peak LONDON – St. Bernards are...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 27, 2023 | • Politics, Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking
A look at the mechanisms in the thinking of those on the MAGA right.
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 12, 2023 | Books, Critical Thinking
A quote I picked up in reading/listening to Medhi Hasan’s new book Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking via my Audible account (Great stuff!) It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...
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...