Filter It Through a Brain Cell

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Can you recognize bad thinking, manipulative advertising and tricky arguments when you see them?How about your kids - how will they know whether the memes they're seeing on social media are really true? Critical thinking is the most important skill you can have when you’re living in a world that seems to have lost its mind.Everyone out there is trying to tell you WHAT to think, I want to teach you HOW to think!In every episode, I’m exposing the logical fallacies & cognitive biases being used by...

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Jordan Peterson

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Jane Smith38×NNate O'Brien9×

Hank Green7×JJoshua Kaufman6×RRachel Simmons5×

Jordan Harbinger

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George Orwell4×

Episodes (369)

69. The Argument Against Self-Confidence (Argumentum Ad Fidentia)

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68. The Reification Fallacy

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67. Personification

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Oct 3, 20228:33pending

66. The Pathetic Fallacy

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Sep 29, 20228:33pending

65. The Appeal to Hitler Fallacy (Argumentum ad Hitlerum)

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Sep 27, 20227:30pending

64. The Guilt by Association Fallacy

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Sep 26, 20227:49pending

63. The Poisoning the Well Fallacy

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Sep 22, 20228:08pending

62. Can we really know truth? With Elizabeth Urbanowicz from Foundation Worldvie...

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Sep 20, 202232:34pending

61. Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief

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Sep 19, 20229:26pending

60. Summer Break

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Jun 8, 20224:24pending

59. The first step to culture-proofing your kids

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Jun 7, 202210:50pending

58. Good thinking is the foundation for apologetics: Interview with Apologist Br...

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Jun 6, 202227:40pending

57. Moving the Goalposts (Manipulation mini-series: Part 12)

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Jun 1, 20227:34pending

56. Peer Pressure (Manipulation mini-series: Part 11)

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May 31, 20226:57pending

55. Special Knowledge (Manipulation mini-series: Part 10)

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May 30, 20227:52pending

54. Reciprocity (Manipulation mini-series: Part 9)

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May 25, 20226:17pending

53. Confusion (Manipulation mini-series: Part 8)

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May 24, 20229:04pending

52. Love-Bombing (Manipulation mini-series: Part 7)

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May 23, 20226:27pending

51. Exclusivity (Manipulation mini-series: Part 6)

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May 18, 20227:12pending

50. Repetition (Manipulation mini-series: Part 5)

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May 17, 20226:38pending

49. For Your Own Good (Manipulation mini-series: Part 4)

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May 16, 20228:13pending

48. Snob Appeal (Manipulation mini-series: Part 3)

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May 11, 20225:26pending

47. False Urgency (Manipulation mini-series: Part 2)

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May 10, 20228:11pending

46. Gaslighting (Manipulation mini-series: Part 1)

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May 9, 20227:48pending

45. The Gambler's Fallacy

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May 4, 20227:23pending

44. The Anecdotal Fallacy

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43. The Burden of Proof Fallacy

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May 2, 20226:30pending

42. The Fallacy of Accent

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Apr 27, 20227:40pending

41. The Ambiguity Fallacy

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Apr 26, 20226:37pending

40. The No True Scotsman Fallacy

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Apr 25, 20226:11pending

39. The Personal Incredulity Fallacy

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Apr 20, 20225:46pending

38. The Hasty Generalization Fallacy

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Apr 19, 20227:26pending

37. 6 simple ways to help your teen (and you!) learn to think for themselves

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Apr 18, 20228:51pending

36. The Whole to Part Fallacy

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Apr 13, 20226:00pending

35. The Part to Whole Fallacy

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Apr 12, 20225:44pending

34. 10 questions to help you think about online drama (the Chris Rock & Will Smi...

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Apr 11, 202217:23pending

33. The Weak Analogy Fallacy

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Apr 6, 20227:11pending

32. The Middle Ground Fallacy

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Apr 5, 20226:24pending

31. The Fallacy Fallacy

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Apr 4, 20229:43pending

30. The Appeal to Heaven Fallacy

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Mar 30, 20227:58pending

29. The Appeal to Possibility Fallacy

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Mar 29, 20226:12pending

28. The Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy

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Mar 28, 20228:06pending

27. The Appeal to Novelty or High-Tech Fallacy

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Mar 23, 20225:45pending

26. The Appeal to Tradition Fallacy

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Mar 22, 20224:23pending

25. The Appeal to Fear Fallacy

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Mar 21, 20227:59pending

24. The Appeal to Pity Fallacy

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Mar 16, 20225:02pending

23. The Appeal to Emotion Fallacy

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Mar 15, 20227:48pending

22. Let's talk propaganda

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Mar 14, 202211:22pending

21. The Appeal to Nature Fallacy

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Mar 9, 20225:49pending

20. The Appeal to Authority Fallacy | Critical Thinking for Teens

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Mar 8, 20227:01pending

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