Category Archives: Critical Thinking Thursday

Critical Thinking Thursday: Confirmation Bias

Last week’s logical fallacy was Argument from Ignorance. This week we’re going to talk about Confirmation Bias or Cherry Picking. This is a very common logical fallacy. I do it, you do it, well all do it. Confirmation Bias is … Continue reading

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Critical Thinking Thursday: Argument from ignorance

Last week we talked about Begging the Question or Circular Reasoning. This week’s logical fallacy is Argument from Ignorance or argumentum ad ignorantiam. This one is pretty simple to explain. An argument from ignorance is the claim that something is … Continue reading

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Critical Thinking Thursday

I love the internet. Since you’re reading this, I assume that you like it too, at least a little. If you’ve spent more than a couple hours on the internet, chances are you’ve seen, or maybe even engaged in, an … Continue reading

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