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Spotting Fallacious Arguments

by Winston Sieck 3 Comments updated July 14, 2020

fallacious argument

Starting an argument with someone can be a great way to learn more about a topic. Arguments help us check our own thinking, come to terms with someone else’s reasoning, and occasionally even arrive at a shared understanding about what we believe to be true. Being open to debate is a great way to … [Read more...] about Spotting Fallacious Arguments

Filed Under: Thinking & Deciding

Why Overconfidence Occurs and How to Overcome It

by Winston Sieck 3 Comments updated July 14, 2020

Overconfidence

Overconfidence happens to all of us. Ever have a plan that just couldn’t go wrong? And then you get a kick in the butt. Ever know that something must be true, only to find out later that you had it backwards? Overconfidence is when you think you are more likely to be right than you actually … [Read more...] about Why Overconfidence Occurs and How to Overcome It

Filed Under: GC Science, Popular, Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: cognitive bias, explanation, general

Confirmation Bias: 3 Effective (and 3 Ineffective) Cures

by Louise Rasmussen 6 Comments updated July 14, 2020

Confirmation bias

Confirmation bias is a fancy way of describing our human inclination to see what we want to see. In other words, we like to look for and interpret information in ways that confirm our expectations. The language makes it sound like confirmation bias is something only scientists can be afflicted … [Read more...] about Confirmation Bias: 3 Effective (and 3 Ineffective) Cures

Filed Under: Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: cognitive bias, general

Critical Thinking and the Internet: Skills for a New Era

by Winston Sieck 1 Comment updated July 14, 2020

critical thinking and the internet

Learning has gotten complicated. We often need to answer challenging technical and scientific questions to get by in our everyday life. The web has become the default means to get those answers. Yet learning from the internet is fraught with difficulty. Searching, sorting, and synthesizing … [Read more...] about Critical Thinking and the Internet: Skills for a New Era

Filed Under: Learning Science, Thinking & Deciding

Critical Thinking in Decision Making

by Winston Sieck 8 Comments updated July 14, 2020

critical thinking in decision making

Critical thinking is often talked about as a stand-alone activity. Like some other individual activities, thinking critically may just feel good. Yet, critical thinking seems most useful when it aids other cognitive processes, such as applying critical thinking in decision making. Anne Helsdingen … [Read more...] about Critical Thinking in Decision Making

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Do You Struggle with Indecisiveness? Maybe it’s in Your Culture

by Winston Sieck 2 Comments updated July 15, 2020

Indecisive

Indecisiveness is bad. Indecisive politicians are a bunch of wishy-washy flip-floppers. Decisive entrepreneurs grow great businesses (or at least fail spectacularly while trying). If a decision is a commitment to a course of action, then “indecision” is a failure to commit. Indecisiveness … [Read more...] about Do You Struggle with Indecisiveness? Maybe it’s in Your Culture

Filed Under: Culture & Communication, GC Science, Thinking & Deciding Tagged With: general, values

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