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Logical Fallacies (OMG! Amazing!)
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I don’t know, therefore I do know.
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I’m reading a book, I don’t like it.
I’ve read 350 pages, there are just 50 left. Should I finish?
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I’m reading a book, I don’t like it.
I’ve wasted my time by reading 350 pages, there are 50 left. Should I waste more time and finish?
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When we think critically about something, we can see if it is actually a crazy reason.
Think carefully and completely about the logical consequences of an idea, trying to avoid our biases.
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Science has never been able to create life from nothing, so god did it.
If I was adopted, I would know it by now. Since I don’t, I know I’m not.
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Shifting the burden of proof
Science doesn’t know everything. No one can prove god doesn’t exist, so he does. “Until #Pizzagate [is] proven to be false, it'll remain a story...” -Flynn
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I don’t know, therefore I do know. =
Science has never been able to create life from nothing, so god did it. If I was adopted, I would know it by now. Since I don’t, I know I’m not. Science doesn’t know everything. No one can prove god doesn’t exist, so he does. “Until #Pizzagate [is] proven to be false, it'll remain a story...” -Flynn
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Everyone thinks like this all the time
Everyone thinks like this all the time. But, we can notice it and not be fooled by bad reasoning! ^^
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Logical Fallacies (OMG! Amazing!)
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Now, Vocabulary! (OMG! Amazing!)
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Check Answers
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Part 2
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Correlation & Causation
(Related vs Caused)
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Healthy Sick (less) Vitamin C (more)
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Healthy Sick (less) Vitamin C (more)
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Healthy Sick (less) Vitamin C (more)
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4. Health and vitamin C are not truly related. It’s just coincidence.
3. Caring about your health causes you to be healthy & take vitamin C. 2. Taking more vitamin C causes you to be healthy. 1. Being healthy causes you to take more vitamin C. A causes B. B causes A. C causes A & B. It is an illusory correlation.
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tflhs.weebly.com
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Something that is 1/1,000,000 happens 7,500 times every day
1/1,000,000 chance 7,500,000,000 people Something that is 1/1,000,000 happens 7,500 times every day Coincidences.
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Crazy, “impossible” coincidences
(1/1,000,000,000,000 events) happen all the time because there are so many events that just exist.
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“Wow! What are the chances of that?” (Actually, very high chances.)
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What is the chance that you will win the lottery? (just guess)
1/1,000,000,000
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What is the chance that someone will win the lottery?
100%
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I can’t believe it was me! I can’t believe it was me!
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(Part 2) A causes B. B causes A. C causes A & B.
It is an illusory correlation (coincidence). (Part 2)
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Part 3
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Placebo Effect
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Part 4
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Maybe, your risk of a specific cancer is 0. 0028%
Maybe, your risk of a specific cancer is %. If it goes down by 80%, that means your risk is % lower than before. -80%!
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1/100,000 times 3 is 3/100,000. 3x stronger could be 2/100,000 stronger. x3!
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The average unemployment in Europe is 10. 1%
The average unemployment in Europe is 10.1%. If Finland is 9%, they are lower than average. high!
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Almost always, articles don’t tell us enough statistics to actually understand something.
9%! -80%! x3!
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