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...
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 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
Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1997. The United States Senate has called a hearing about global warming. Some expert witnesses point out that past periods in Earth's history were warmer than the 20th century. Because such variations existed long before humans,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1950. Anti-communist sentiment in the United States is at an all-time high. Senator Joseph McCarthy claims he has a list of communists who are influencing government policy. He makes his first accusation without providing any...
One Minute Economics
Logical Fallacies in One Minute: Non Sequitur, Ad Hominem, Red Herring, Straw Man and Slippery Slope
Once you learn a thing or two about logical fallacies, you start realizing that this or that related to your debate skills is actually... well, a logical fallacy. Your tendency of making your opponent look bad is an Ad Hominem fallacy,...
NativLang
Logic & Arguments - logical fallacies (formal & informal fallacies)
Learn how to use logic to examine arguments and identify logical fallacies. This lesson repeats and emphasizes the distinction between the form and content of an argument, and then introduces informal fallacies and formal fallacies,...
Curated Video
Top 10 Logical Fallacies
Thanks for watching our Academy review channel! ✅SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/tYpMcp 👍 Visit our website for help on any subject or test! When creating a logical argument, there are many different aspects that have to come together to...
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:...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1954. Vietnamese nationalists are on the verge of securing an independent Vietnam under communist leader Ho Chi Minh. U.S. President Eisenhower claims that by virtue of the "falling domino principle," communist control of Vietnam...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you outsmart the college admissions fallacy? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1990. A prospective student has filed a complaint about Virginia Military institute's admissions policy that excludes women. The state argues that VMI's single sex education is an "important governmental objective" and that the...
Curated Video
The "Hot Hand" IS Real - Classic Fallacy Debunked
Probability and statistics rarely get this kind of attention. But this story is special. It’s about debunking a long-held statistics result that itself was about debunking sports lore. A 1985 study found that basketball players do not...
One Minute Economics
The Gambler's Fallacy (AKA Monte Carlo Fallacy or Fallacy of Statistics) Explained in One Minute
The Gambler's Fallacy (also called the Monte Carlo Fallacy and, less frequently, the Fallacy of Statistics) is basically a logical fallacy that makes people believe that past performance matters when it comes to statistically independent...
The Cynical Historian
Does common sense exist? - A quick guide to syllogistic logic
Ever wondered why no one has common sense? You might be asking the wrong question. By exploring the most simple concept in the field of logic (the syllogism and the validity thereof), we will try to figure out whether or not common sense...
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
Understanding Various Types of Logical Fallacies
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Curated Video
Appeal to Emotion - As a logical fallacy
✅ SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/tYpMcp 👍 Visit our website for help on any subject or test! https://goo.gl/AsjYfS In this video we help you to understand how to appeal to emotion. Mometrix Academy is the world's most comprehensive test...
Curated Video
Fallacies of Finance
In part 1 of INET's interview with Amar Bhidé, he talks about how theories of finance should start questioning assumptions -- like that risks are always reducible to numbers
Curated Video
Herramientas para decidir mejor
Herramientas para decidir mejor Nuestra capacidad colectiva de aprender, actuar y adaptarse es lo que permite a nuestra sociedad superar los desafíos y evolucionar. Emiliano Chamorro ofrece seis consejos para superar las falacias y...
TED Talks
Las mentiras que nos son útiles
Las mentiras que nos son útiles Las mentiras son una parte integral de la experiencia humana, pero es nuestra responsabilidad aprender cuando la verdad nos sirve más, defiende el empresario Néstor Guerra. Al embarcarse en un viaje...
Curated Video
Why Do We Go All In on Lost Causes?
We've all experienced the sunk cost fallacy: when you are deep into a task and tell yourself that you’ve come this far, so you may as well finish it. We do this even if it's no longer logical to finish. So why do we do it?
Weird History
What Is Life Like In The Mafia?
Have you ever wondered what it would really be like to be inducted into one of the Five Families? In Hollywood, movies like The Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas, and Scarface make being affiliated with organized crime seem like a lucrative,...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
D'Maris Coffman: Bringing History to Economics
This episode features grantee D'Maris Coffman of the Centre for Financial History talking about her organization's commitment to a New Financial History and what the fruits of their approach can tell us about modern debt crises and...
Curated Video
In Defense of Human Judgment: An Interview with Amar Bhidé
INET's complete interview with Amar Bhidé, the author of the recent book "A Call for Judgment." Chapters View all Fallacies of Finance 0:13 Replacing Judgment With Models 6:06 Systemic Regulatory Failures 10:09 A Categorical Breakdown...