Truth course
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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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***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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**nutrition | **nutrition | ||
**medicine | **medicine | ||
+ | ***quackademic medicine (infiltration into medical practices) | ||
**politics | **politics | ||
**finances | **finances | ||
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*Entire fields can be identified as very low in truth content because there are many traditionally held beliefs that all contradict each other. | *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 | ** 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. | ** [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 | ||
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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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* Nonsense on Stilts: How to tell Science from Bunk (Massimo Pigliucci) | * 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. | * [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] |