TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you solve the rebel supplies riddle? - Alex Gendler
You're overseeing the delivery of supplies to a rebel base in the heart of enemy territory. To get past customs, all packages must follow this rule: if a box is marked with an even number on the bottom, it must be sealed with a red top....
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1843, and a debate is raging about one of the most common killers of women: childbed fever— no one knows what causes it. One physician has observed patients with inflammation go on to develop childbed fever, and therefore believes...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart this logical fallacy? | Alex Gendler
Meet Lucy. She was a math major in college, and aced all her courses in probability and statistics. Which do you think is more likely: that Lucy is a portrait artist, or that Lucy is a portrait artist who also plays poker? How do we know...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart the fallacy that divided a nation? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1819. The US is preparing to make Missouri and Maine new states. One representative insists that slavery shouldn't be allowed in any new state. Another believes it should be a state's right to choose. A compromise is proposed:...
The Daily Conversation
The Future of World Religion (in 2050)
New ReviewBy 2050, the number of Muslims around the world will nearly equal the number of Christians, as Islam will grow faster than any other major world religion.
Curated Video
Identifying Fallacies
A video titled "Identifying Fallacies" that explains how to identify logical fallacies in writing.
Curated Video
Spotting Logical Fallacies: A Guide to Critical Thinking
This video explains logical fallacies, which are errors in reasoning that make arguments invalid. It gives examples of common fallacies such as false cause, straw man, begging the question, and false dilemma. By learning to spot these...
Professor Dave Explains
Logical Fallacies Part 2: Most Commonly Used Fallacies
We just learned about formal and informal fallacies. Now it's time to go through a list of the most common types of fallacies, so that we can be familiar with as many of them as possible. These would be things like the No True Scotsman...
Professor Dave Explains
Logical Fallacies Part 1: Formal and Informal Fallacies
In learning about logic, we've come to understand how an argument involves two or more premises followed by a conclusion. When the conclusion does not follow from the premises, this is an invalid argument. In such a case, a logical...
The Business Professor
Base Rate Fallacy
What is Base Rate Fallacy? The base rate fallacy, also called base rate neglect or base rate bias, is a type of fallacy in which people tend to ignore the base rate in favor of the individuating information. Base rate neglect is a...
Curated Video
What is Sunk Cost? ...and the Sunk Cost Fallacy?
What is Sunk Cost? And what is the Sunk Cost Trap, or the Sunk Cost Fallacy? Sunk Cost is a concept that is important to project management, and in this video, I'll tell you what it is. Sunk Cost is the investment (of money, resources,...
Curated Video
What we see... Confirmation Bias | Bite Sized Project Management Thought from John Lubbock
Confirmation bias is dangerous for us, as Project managers. "What we see depends mainly on what we look for" John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (politician and polymath) In this statement, he anticipated the research onto Confirmation Bias...
Communication Coach Alex Lyon
Logical Fallacies Explained
Hear the Top 7 Logical Fallacies Explained with examples. Be sure not to use these or you'll hurt your own credibility. Be on the lookout for them when other people use these fallacies.
The Business Professor
Base Rate Fallacy
What is Base Rate Fallacy? The base rate fallacy, also called base rate neglect or base rate bias, is a type of fallacy in which people tend to ignore the base rate in favor of the individuating information. Base rate neglect is a...
Curated Video
Beyond One Model
Nobel Laureate Antony Leggett details the logical fallacy of "affirming the consequent", stressing that we must always make sure that another model might explain the phenomenon in question, giving a concrete example to illustrate his point.
Curated Video
Ignoring Alternatives
Nobel Laureate in Physics Anthony Leggett (Illinois) describes how finding experimental support for a given theory doesn't mean that there aren't also alternative explanations out there.
Organizational Communication Channel
Logical Fallacies Top 6
Here are the Top 6 Logical Fallacies to keep in mind in group and team discussions. Knowing these will help group members with critical thinking and analytical skills. We'll look at the following fallacies: 1. Casual fallacy 2. Either/or...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Peter Temin: Lessons from the Great Depression
George Santayana once wrote that those who could not remember the past were condemned to repeat it. And looking at today’s policy makers at work seeking to combat the huge challenge of unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Financial...
Neuro Transmissions
Why Is 280 Characters So Long?
Twitter recently rolled out a longer tweet length. 280 characters! So much room for activities! A friend of mine asked a good question about why such a small expansion feels like SO MUCH. I thought it was an interesting idea and decided...
Economics Explained
Is War Good For The Economy?: Dead Money
Can wars end economic decline? It may have helped in the past, but can it help today? Helping you become more knowledgeable about how the world works, our content covers the biggest topics and headlines through the eyes of economists....
Curated Video
The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Why We Hold onto Things We Should Let Go Of
The video discusses the sunk cost fallacy, which is the tendency to continue investing in something because of the resources already invested, even if it no longer makes rational sense. The fallacy is driven by loss aversion, the desire...
Zach Star
This is How Easy It Is to Lie With Statistics
This is How Easy It Is to Lie With Statistics