Filter It Through a Brain Cell
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Filter It Through a Brain Cell
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...
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332. The Hard-Easy Effect Bias | Cognitive Bias for Teens
You'll get to hear how I experienced this Bias myself just a few months ago!
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331. The IKEA Effect Bias | Logic for Teens
If you've ever put together a piece of furniture from Ikea, you'll relate to this bias!
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330. The Hot Hand Fallacy Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
Have you ever seen someone who seems to be on a "hot streak"? Check out how our brains interpret it!
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329: The Barnum Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle and High Schoolers
Why do people fall for vague statements like those in horoscopes and fortune-telling?
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328. The Mere Exposure Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle School
Ever wondered why politicians put out SO. Many. Signs. while they're campaigning?
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327. The Just-World Hypothesis Bias | Biases for Students
Do we always deserve the outcomes we get in life?
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326. The Frog Pond Effect | Critical Thinking for Teens
Social comparison can make us see ourselves inaccurately!
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325. Can you name the fallacy and the bias in this real-life example?
See if you can name the fallacy and the bias in this real-life conversation!
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324. The Fading Affect Bias | Logic for Teens
What a relief that we don't have to feel as mortified years after tripping in the hall as we did the day it happened!
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323. The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect | Biases for Teens
If we can easily recognize when a media source gets something wrong in an area we know a lot about, shouldn't that make us question the other things i...
322. The Authority Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle and High School
Why do our brains put so much trust in what people in authority tell us?
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321. The Bikeshedding Bias | Logic for Middle & High School
Why do we seem to get hung up on trivial matters while glossing over difficult, more important ones?
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320. Apophonia | Critical Thinking for Teens
Have you ever noticed the 'Man in the Moon'? This explains why we see faces in unexpected places!
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319. The Streisand Effect | Critical Thinking for Students
Why does trying to hide something just make people want to find it even more?
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318. The Google Effect Bias | Biases for Teens
As I like to say: Critical thinking is some of the hardest work you'll do, which is why so few people do it!
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317. The Hostile Media Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
We're not really that good about recognizing unbiased news when it's about something we feel strongly about!
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316: The Naïve Realism Bias | How to Recognize Biases
Why do we assume we're the one who sees things correctly?
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315. The Fundamental Attribution Error Bias | Logic for Teens
Why do we assume the terrible drivers we see on the road are just "idiots"?
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314. The Blind Spot Bias | Cognitive Bias for Teens
Studies have shown we ALL have the tendency to commit this bias!
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313. Why is Psychological Stamina so important? | Critical Thinking for Teens
Thinking well is hard work...which is why a lot of people don't do it. Here's how to develop what I like to call Psychological Stamina.
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312. The Disinhibition Effect | Critical Thinking for Teens
Didy you know that nearly half of US teens aged 13-17 have experienced cyberbullying? Here's why...
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311. Persuade like Charlie | 8 Steps to an effective debate
How was Charlie Kirk able to be so effective in his public debates? And, most importantly, was it worth it?
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310. The Identifiable Victim Effect Bias
Why do fliers with pictures of missing pets get our attention?
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309. The Ingroup Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
This bias might explain some of the behavior at your favorite team's sporting events!
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308. The False Uniqueness Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens
This could also be called the "special unicorn" effect! 😂
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307. The Labeling Effect Bias: The scary consequences of unchecked biases!
The crazy true story of how 8 healthy people got admitted to psych hospitals with false diagnoses!
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306. How To Raise a Kid Who Never Questions Anything (Warning: Satire Ahead!)
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
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305. The Empathy Gap Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
It's easy to tell someone, "I know how you feel!" But do we really know how they're feeling?
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304. The Ambiguity Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens
Do you ever find your brain just wanting to 'play it safe'? This is why!
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303. The Optimism Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
If you know an Entrepreneur, ask them if they've experienced this Bias!
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302. The Illusion of Control Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
Why do we hit the elevator button multiple times, hoping it'll get the elevator to move faster?
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301. The Omission Bias | Cognitive Biases for Teens
Why do we have a tendency to judge people more harshly if they do something that turns out badly than if they do nothing and it still turns out badly?...
300. The Impact Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
If you could just get that new pair of shoes, your whole life would change, right?! Here's why your brain tells you that!
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299. The Forer Effect Bias | Cognitive Biases for Teens
Have you seen fortune tellers at the local fair and wondered how people could fall for it? This explains it!
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298. The Decoy Effect | Critical Thinking for Teens
Be careful anytime you are presented with 3 options...they may be preying on this bias!
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297. The Cheerleader Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens
Did you know that being a part of a group automatically makes you appear to be more attractive?
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296. The Action Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens
"Don't think, do something!" But is that always the best idea??
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295. How to Stop Being Afraid of the News | Media Bias for Teens
Today is the final episode in our Media Bias Mini-series! I wanted to share a practical tip that will help you deal with bad & scary news stories & pr...
294. Media Bias Mini-series: Elite vs. Populist Bias
The news just tells us what happened, right?! How to recognize Media Bias.
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293. Media Bias Mini-series: Photo Bias | Biases & Critical Thinking for Teens
The news just tells us what happened, right?! How to recognize Media Bias.
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