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What is a fallacy?

February 9, 2022 Tself2301

In their book The Fallacy Detective, in the Introduction, Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn state that “a fallacy is an…

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Filed under: facts, fairmined, Fallacy, Reasoning, truth

Science and Hope – Superstition and Darkness

August 18, 2021 Tself2301

In his book The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Ballantine Books, March 1997, in the chapter…

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Carl Sagan’s “The Baloney Detection Kit”

April 2, 2021 Tself2301

I found the article referenced below particularly timely in that as a scientist Carl Sagan was expressing his concern with…

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Willing To Listen

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Unless an individual is willing to listen, learn and perhaps change their position I don’t believe we can move forward…

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Help In Finding The Truth

February 10, 2021 Tself2301

I am always looking for a path to truth. Recently I came across the website for Allsides.com. I appreciate their…

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I Don’t Believe that Non-partisan Is Also Un-biased.

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Back in my blog of January 29, 2019 on “Truth” in my discussion on “official” fact gatherers and keepers as…

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Filed under: bias, Critical thinking, fair minded, non-partisan, truth

What About The Job of Journalism And Truth

January 19, 2021 Tself2301

At one time I had understood that the job of journalists with a story was to answer who, what, where,…

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Filed under: Critical thinking, fairmined, five ws, impartial, journalism, truth, verifiable

Truth – What About Fact Checkers?

January 15, 2021 Tself2301

In previous blogs I had discussed the difficulty of sorting thru all of the various fact gatherers and keepers of…

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Filed under: Critical thinking, fact checkers, fair minded, journalism, truth

What is Critical Thinking?

April 2, 2019 Tself2301 1 Comment

I have found that critical thinking has been described as follows: “Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively…

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Truth

January 29, 2019 Tself2301

Truth – the body of real things, events and facts. Finding the truth.  No small feat at any time but…

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