| The 10-part series 'How to get Smarter: A guide to critical thinking, cognitive biases, and logical fallacies' published between in Jan-Apr 2018 at Life Lessons is also quite comprehensive. Covers 50 topics, 5 per post. I apologize for the length of what follows, but I believe this resource it worth it: - Part 1: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarter/
50. Intellectual laziness
49. Intellectual honesty
48. Intellectual dishonesty
47. Willful ignorance
46. Self-deception - Part 2: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
45. Be a truth seeker
44. Be a realist
43. Open your mind
42. Don’t fall in love with your beliefs or your philosophy
41. Listen to your opponents and people who disagree with you - Part 3: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
40. Don’t dismiss things you don’t understand
39. Don’t assume you’re smarter than the stranger you’re speaking with
38. Don’t confuse your perspective for objective reality
37. Don’t confuse feelings with facts
36. Don’t believe every thought that passes through your head - Part 4: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
35. Beware of black and white thinking
34. Beware of the Dunning-Kruger effect
33. Uncertainty > The illusion of knowledge
32. Stand on the shoulders of giants
31. Have lots of gurus - Part 5: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
30. Don’t attack straw men (don’t misrepresent your opponents argument)
29. Beware of circular logic and reasoning
28. Watch out for red herrings
27. The genetic fallacy (examine the statement – not the speaker)
26. The fallacy fallacy (don’t confuse a bad argument with a false conclusion) - Part 6: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
25. Political correctness
24. Groupthink
23. Tribalism
22. The bandwagon effect
21. Doublespeak - Part 7: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
20. Occam’s razor
19. Look to where the finger is pointing
18. Sunk costs
17. Framing
16. Anchoring - Part 8: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
15. Meditation
14. Mindfulness
13. Psychedelics
12. Pseudoscience
11. Scientism - Part 9: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
10. Why you should try to prove yourself wrong – instead of right
9. Probability neglect & the relativity of wrong
8. Why you can’t trust statistics
7. Cognitive Dissonance
6. Sacred Cows - Part 10: http://lifelessons.co/personal-development/howtogetsmarterpa...
5. Critical thinking questions & the Socratic Method
4. Follow the evidence wherever it leads
3. Motivated reasoning
2. Confirmation bias
1. Thinking for yourself |