Broken Brains
The online platform memory is compared to.
What is Wikipedia?
When the unskilled think they're experts.
What is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?
A fallacy where "natural" = "good."
What is the Appeal to Nature?
What is the Nature Fallacy?
The weakest form of evidence.
What are personal anecdotes?
News intended solely for entertainment.
What is Satire?
Seeing faces in random patterns.
What is Pareidolia?
Bias where you only look for "pro" data.
What is Confirmation Bias?
Judging your errors differently from others.
What is the Fundamental Attribution Error?
3 hallmarks of fake science.
What are (any three): Lack of peer review, lack of self-correction, over-reliance on anecdotes, or use of psychobabble?
Giving equal time to unequal sides.
What is False Balance?
Assuming an "agent" caused a noise.
What is Hyperactive Agency Detection?
Assumption that others think like you.
What is Projection Bias?
Ignoring data that doesn't fit your claim.
What is Cherry Picking (or Data Mining)?
Why tradition doesn't equal truth or logic.
What is the Appeal to Antiquity?
Headlines meant just for clicks.
What is Clickbait?
How illusions prove we don't see reality.
What is the fallibility of perception?
The discomfort of conflicting beliefs.
What is Cognitive Dissonance?
Hunting for a specific flaw or outlier to ruin a case.
What is Anomaly Hunting?
The establishment of a theory makes it hard to kill.
ANY: What is
-the design to insulate itself from external refutation or even internal consistency?
-it becomes a lense through which reality is viewed?
-pattern recognition?
-hyperactive agency detection?
-confirmation bias?
-anomaly hunting?
-fundamental attribution error?
News meant to influence politics and social beliefs.
What is Propaganda?
Scientific vs. Philosophical skepticism.
What is the difference between preferring valid and reliable beliefs versus permanent doubt?
Reasoning to reach a "pre-set" goal.
What is Motivated Reasoning?
An argument fails even if a fact is true.
What is a Logical Fallacy (or Invalid Structure)?
What a modern-day "witch hunt" looks like.
What is the targeting of individuals or groups based on perceived moral or social threats rather than evidence?
Distinguish Satire from Propaganda.
What is the difference between "humor/critique" (Satire) vs. "deliberate misinformation for power" (Propaganda)?