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by mrkoot 2968 days ago
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