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Man's Fascination with the Full Moon

What is it that fascinates us with the full moon, especially special ones like a Blood Moon, Blue Moon, Super Moon, and Harvest Moon? Do you believe that the full

Fading dreams.

We all survived during the first six months of the year, and it's now only a memory. Searching for the elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow during the new

"Perdonar es Olvidar" y otras falacias [ESP-ENG]

El día de hoy empezaré mi post de Falacias Psicológicas con la siguiente premisa: ¿Han escuchado la típica frase "Olvida eso y perdona" usando ambas acciones

Killing facts with arguments

Hi hivers, These cartoons show how some people tread others, that want to point on a real fact: They beleive, that their own arguments are save, but the cannot see

¿Heredamos Enfermedades Emocionales de nuestros antepasados? [ESP-ENG]

¡Saludos chicos! En otra entrega de falacias sobre Enfermedades Mentales. El día de hoy les traigo este post que tenía pendiente escribir hace un tiempo, ya que

AI is woke, and prone to logical fallacies.

Global warming isn't destroying us fast enough. What is "a woman"? A woman is an individual who identifies as female or a gender related to womanhood,

Do you think logically?

You ever get into an argument on Hive/Ecency and the other person can only call you names and make emotional appeals? It’s so common to see because clear, logical

Do you consider yourself a critical thinker?

You ever notice how public school graduates these days can barely read, write, and think? Despite decades of increased spending, students keep getting dumber and

"Trust the Government, They Know Best, Obviously" ~ #appealtoauthorityfallacy

I felt this needed to be shared today after seeing so many people make a claim along the lines of "The government with its billion dollar budget knows more

Charlie Munger Says... | Logical Fallacy #2

Source Wasn't expecting another one so soon but I was introducing crypto to an elderly relative and they brought up Charlie Munger's recent comments about Bitcoin

But Gold's Been Around 5,000 Years | Logical Fallacy #1

Source One of the best parts of Philosophy 101 has to be the section on logical fallacies. So what are fallacies? Fallacies are arguments that seem sound on the

Zero plus Zero is what? I forget. Time to join the military?

We know it's been a hard life getting to where you are now. we are feeling the struggle too. Many are still going to die before it settles down. A child attempting

3 Common Internet Debate Fallacies

I go over 3 common internet debate fallacies. 3 Common Internet Debate Fallacies When arguing with people on the internet, it can be frustrating to have to deconstruct

FALLACIES IN SPORTS.#3.

In my today's discussion about fallacies about female participation in sports, i will be looking at the concept of religion in sports. Every religion in the world

Die strawman die!

In an online world of e-mobs and outrage, where thinkers and intellectual prophets battle not only for the veracity of their ideas but for our eyeballs, one of the

No true Scotsman

I fully realize that learning about fallacies, and how to have a proper debate with someone is not for everyone, but I do find it valuable even for those that don't

An Overview of Second-Order Logical Problems

In rational discourse carried out by irrational beings such as humans, mistakes are a natural occurrence. Collectively, these are known as logical fallacies. A fallacy

Data Fallacies

In this post you will find a list of common the data fallacies that lead to incorrect conclusions and poor decision-making using data. Here you will find great resources

The Chimera Straw-man Fallacy

I'm hereby giving a concept a name: the chimera straw-man. Whether or not anyone's beaten me to this, I want this mental tool out there. It's a name for a kind of

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