PSYCH 3312 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Blind Experiment, Ad Hominem, Begging
17 Feb 2018
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Thinking = reasoning, decision making, problem solving, and creativity. Rational thinking = when thinking is done well and is not biased. Conforms to the rules of logic or mathematical laws https://osu. instructure. com/courses/23531/files/4257493?module_item_id=895640. Sagan - the fine art of baloney detection. Around 25% of ppl claim they have been in contact w/ the dead at some point in their lives. We tell kids the truth about santa claus and the tooth fairy bc their well-being as adults depends on them understanding the world as it truly is. Commercial culture is full of misdirections at the expense of the consumer. Mediums, ppl w/ esp, psychics = baloney. Skeptical thinking = the means to construct and understand a reasoned argument and to recognize a fake argument mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Tools wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the (cid:498)facts(cid:499) Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents.
