Episode 024 looks at the logical fallacy Spurious Causation and the cognitive bias Not-Invented-Here Syndrome.
Category: Logical Fallacy
Illicit Process, Stolen Concept, & Proof by Selected Instances (15m) – Episode 019
Episode 019 looks at logical fallacies Illicit Process, Stolen Concept, and Proof by Selected Instances.
Reification of the Possible & Petitio Principii (10m) – Episode 015
Episode 015 looks at logical fallacies Reification of the Possible and Petitio Principii.
Spurious Superficiality & ad Hominem, Abusive and Circumstantial (15m) – Episode 011
Episode 011 looks at logical fallacies Spurious Superficiality, ad Hominem (abusive), and ad Hominem (circumstantial).
Complexity Simplistic, Induction, Standards, & Information (21m) – Episode 008
Episode 008 looks at the Complexity Simplistic logical fallacy, Inductive thinking, setting and using proper standards, and taking care when obtaining information from popular and social media.
Irrelevant Conclusion Fallacy, Availability Bias, & Power of Reaction (23m) – Episode 006
Episode 006 looks at the Irrelevant Conclusion (ignoratio elenchi) fallacy, Availability Bias, our power to control our reaction to the seeming offenses of other people, and powering down your microwave for more even heating.
Moving the Goalposts, the Problem of Averages, & Good For the Hive (23m) – Episode 004
Episode 004 looks at the fallacy called Moving the Goalposts, the Problem of Averages, if what is good for the hive is always good for the individual, and the importance of chatting with customer support instead of calling.
Why Logic is Important (18m) – Episode 003
Episode 003 looks at why logic is important utilizing an article written by JW Gray in 2013 at the blog “Ethical Realism”.
Exclusive Premises Fallacy, Social Loafing Effect, & Emotional Freakouts (26m) – Episode 002
Episode 002 looks at the syllogistic Fallacy of Exclusive Premises, the Social Loafing effect, whether big emotional meltdowns relieve suffering; and the best way to rebook a cancelled flight at the airport.