Truth course
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I'm still in a brainstorming and resource acquisition phase, and I'm looking for collaborators. | I'm still in a brainstorming and resource acquisition phase, and I'm looking for collaborators. | ||
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+ | 2018: found this course: [http://callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html Calling Bullshit: Data Reasoning in a Digital World] | ||
== Ideas for an elective class (or book) on truth and knowing. == | == Ideas for an elective class (or book) on truth and knowing. == | ||
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* encouraging research to make informed assessments | * encouraging research to make informed assessments | ||
* fluency in some modern ideas | * fluency in some modern ideas | ||
− | ** Stove's conclusion | + | ** [http://huben.us/wiki/Skepticism_of_Philosophical_Thought Stove's conclusion] |
* writing | * writing | ||
** concision | ** concision | ||
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*how well do we know what we know | *how well do we know what we know | ||
** how do we learn | ** how do we learn | ||
+ | ***How Do You Know?: The Economics of Ordinary Knowledge by Russell Hardin | ||
***memorization | ***memorization | ||
** how do we process | ** how do we process | ||
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*how do we actually think? | *how do we actually think? | ||
**not deductively | **not deductively | ||
+ | * what is knowledge | ||
+ | * foundations of knowledge | ||
+ | ** experience | ||
+ | ** models | ||
+ | ** values | ||
+ | ** viewpoints, including biases | ||
+ | ** lies, fantasies, fictions, wishes | ||
+ | * why are there multiple conflicting knowledges | ||
+ | ** [https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/10/14/you-dont-have-evidence-for-most-of-your-beliefs-get-used-to-it/ You don’t have evidence for most of your beliefs. Get used to it.] | ||
+ | * utilizing multiple conflicting knowledges | ||
+ | ** rabbinical methodologies? | ||
+ | * choosing among multiple conflicting knowledges | ||
*folk knowledge versus modern knowledge | *folk knowledge versus modern knowledge | ||
**see consilience | **see consilience | ||
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*** [http://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2013/04/moral-intuitions-as-evolutionary-modules.html Moral intuitions as evolutionary modules] | *** [http://understandingsociety.blogspot.com/2013/04/moral-intuitions-as-evolutionary-modules.html Moral intuitions as evolutionary modules] | ||
*** [https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18#.2dpv5v4u5 Cognitive bias cheat sheet] | *** [https://betterhumans.coach.me/cognitive-bias-cheat-sheet-55a472476b18#.2dpv5v4u5 Cognitive bias cheat sheet] | ||
+ | *** [https://yourbias.is/poster Get a 'Know Thyself' biases poster] | ||
*conspiracy theories | *conspiracy theories | ||
**god of the gaps | **god of the gaps | ||
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****http://web.archive.org/web/20070415083414/http://www.freeinquiry.com/intro-to-sci.html | ****http://web.archive.org/web/20070415083414/http://www.freeinquiry.com/intro-to-sci.html | ||
***modeling: analogy | ***modeling: analogy | ||
+ | ***[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_humility Epistemic humility] | ||
***innate modeling | ***innate modeling | ||
***anecdotes | ***anecdotes | ||
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***science | ***science | ||
***markets | ***markets | ||
+ | *** [https://ecpr.eu/filestore/paperproposal/79d2738d-62e7-4991-a1af-6dcd19dccbca.pdf COMING TO TERMS WITH ACCOUNTABILITY] | ||
+ | *** war | ||
**hill-climbing, maxima, etc. | **hill-climbing, maxima, etc. | ||
*deception -- everybody lies | *deception -- everybody lies | ||
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** business | ** business | ||
** religion | ** religion | ||
+ | *** pseudepigraphical writing | ||
** scientists | ** scientists | ||
*** [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looking-much-like-the-real-thing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1 Fake Academe, Looking Much Like the Real Thing] | *** [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looking-much-like-the-real-thing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1 Fake Academe, Looking Much Like the Real Thing] | ||
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** ourselves | ** ourselves | ||
*** Dan Ariely’s recently published book, “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves.” | *** Dan Ariely’s recently published book, “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone – Especially Ourselves.” | ||
+ | *** [http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2017/02/how-lies-work.html How Lies Work] | ||
*denialism (http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/) | *denialism (http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/) | ||
**http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio | **http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T4UF_Rmlio | ||
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***dictionaries and other references as arbiters of meaning | ***dictionaries and other references as arbiters of meaning | ||
*surveys and their fallacies | *surveys and their fallacies | ||
+ | *Misinformation and disinformation pages in wikipedia | ||
*propaganda | *propaganda | ||
**Tomorrow Belongs to Me (bandwagon purpose of music) | **Tomorrow Belongs to Me (bandwagon purpose of music) | ||
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*ontology | *ontology | ||
*learning | *learning | ||
+ | ** from infancy on, learning is based on trust in the sources. We do not have resources to check even a slight fraction of what we are learning against the real world let alone against what we already think we know. | ||
+ | ** [https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/10/14/you-dont-have-evidence-for-most-of-your-beliefs-get-used-to-it/ You don’t have evidence for most of your beliefs. Get used to it.] | ||
**research vs. gossip, accuracy vs retention | **research vs. gossip, accuracy vs retention | ||
− | ** complexity beyond (single) human understanding [https://plus.google.com/112218872649456413744/posts/dfydM2Cnepe Dizzying but invisible depth] | + | ** complexity beyond (single) human understanding [http://web.archive.org/web/20170609044355/https://plus.google.com/112218872649456413744/posts/dfydM2Cnepe Dizzying but invisible depth] |
*consequentialism | *consequentialism | ||
*skepticism | *skepticism | ||
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**nutrition | **nutrition | ||
**medicine | **medicine | ||
+ | ***quackademic medicine (infiltration into medical practices) | ||
**politics | **politics | ||
**finances | **finances | ||
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**alternatives | **alternatives | ||
**the emperor (religion) has no clothes (no visible god) | **the emperor (religion) has no clothes (no visible god) | ||
+ | *Entire fields can be identified as very low in truth content because there are many traditionally held beliefs that all contradict each other. | ||
+ | ** the many religions, the many philosophies, most world views, some social sciences | ||
+ | ** [https://philpapers.org/surveys/results.pl The PhilPapers Surveys]: philosophers cannot agree on anything basic. | ||
+ | ** [http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2017/05/vast-literatures-as-mud-moats.html Vast Literatures as Mud Moats]: a heuristic method of identifying when it is worthwhile or not to explore a literature. | ||
*pseudoscience: recognizing pseudoscience: asimov/clark's rules | *pseudoscience: recognizing pseudoscience: asimov/clark's rules | ||
*origins | *origins | ||
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**how to detect fake images | **how to detect fake images | ||
*public relations | *public relations | ||
+ | ** <i>Post-Truth</i>, Lee McIntyre | ||
*fringe groups (LaRouche, cults, etc.) | *fringe groups (LaRouche, cults, etc.) | ||
*race/culture/ethnicity | *race/culture/ethnicity | ||
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**self interest | **self interest | ||
**active vs passive acceptance of falsehoods (reorganize) | **active vs passive acceptance of falsehoods (reorganize) | ||
− | **confirmation bias | + | **confirmation bias, including the political sense of epistemic closure |
+ | ***tribal epistemology | ||
**humans use non-monotonic heuristics, seldom logic | **humans use non-monotonic heuristics, seldom logic | ||
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== Miscelaneous == | == Miscelaneous == | ||
+ | * [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looking-much-like-the-real-thing.htm A Peek Inside the Strange World of Fake Academia] | ||
+ | * [https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/19/1/2/463780/Denialism-what-is-it-and-how-should-scientists Denialism: what is it and how should scientists respond?] | ||
+ | * [https://www.skepticalscience.com/docs/Debunking_Handbook.pdf The Debunking Handbook] | ||
+ | * [http://callingbullshit.org Calling Bullshit in the age of Big Data] College course | ||
* David McRaney, "You Are Not So Smart" (46 fallacies and cognitive biases) | * David McRaney, "You Are Not So Smart" (46 fallacies and cognitive biases) | ||
* Guy P. Harrison, "50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True" | * Guy P. Harrison, "50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True" | ||
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* Lawrence Wright, "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" | * Lawrence Wright, "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" | ||
* [http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-venn-diagram-of-irrational-nonsense.html The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense] | * [http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-venn-diagram-of-irrational-nonsense.html The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense] | ||
+ | * [http://www.bradford-delong.com/2018/02/economics-as-a-professional-vocation-bulls-detection-as-a-student-learning-goal.html Bulls--- Detection as a Student Learning Goal - Brad DeLong] | ||
+ | * Nonsense on Stilts: How to tell Science from Bunk (Massimo Pigliucci) | ||
+ | * [http://whatstheharm.net what's the harm?] This site is designed to make a point about the danger of not thinking critically. Namely that you can easily be injured or killed by neglecting this important skill. | ||
+ | * [https://b-ok.lat/book/3554094/bce2e3 Truth (book) by Chase Wrenn] | ||
+ | * [https://crooksandliars.com/2021/05/internet-critical-thinking Navigating The Web Requires Critical Thinking AND Critical Ignoring] |