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What Is a Sound Argument?
Have you ever wanted to disagree with someone’s argument, but you couldn’t find any flaw in it?
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December 2021

What Is Confirmation Bias?
Confirmation bias is a tendency to consider information that confirms what you already believe and that doesn’t challenge it.
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What Is a Valid Argument?
Do you ever listen to someone’s argument and think that it makes sense, and all the ideas are connected, but you don’t know why?
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Saying “I Don’t Know” is Hard
As a kid, I had a reputation for being a math whiz.
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November 2021

Thinking Is a Skill
The goal of thinking is to know or understand how the world really is.
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Circular Reasoning: We All Saw Our Parents Doing This
Did you ever have a conversation with your parents like this:
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September 2021

What Is an Argument?
Do you ever feel like someone’s argument is wrong, but you can’t say exactly why?
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Cognitive Biases and Fallacies: Examples & Differences
Suppose your plane crashed in the middle of nowhere with you and a dozen other survivors.
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​​Cognitive Bias: A Feature, Not a Bug
Sometimes people think something is a design flaw, but it’s really a design feature.
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August 2021

4 Steps to Manage Cognitive Biases
2 cognitive mechanisms for decision making: fast thinking, which uses mental shortcuts, and slow thinking, which uses reasoning. .
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How Preconceived Notions Hijack Your Mind
I had a near-death experience.
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July 2021

Understanding Cognitive Bias
We all crave sugar.
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