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Monthly Archives: March 2016
What happens when facts lead us to where we don’t want to go?
As I outlined in the last entry, sometimes the facts take you to a place you don’t want to go. Obviously the first thing to do is make sure you have your facts in order. But if the facts are … Continue reading
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Picking cherries
Cherry picking data is a logical fallacy where only information that support’s one’s conclusion is shared; contrary information is either ignored or suppressed. It’s also called “the fallacy of incomplete evidence,” which probably makes it more clear what is going … Continue reading
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Just the facts, Ma’am.
Fact: something that actually exists; reality; truth. There’s no such things as a false fact; if it is a fact then it is true. It’s true that people argue over facts, but actually they are arguing over the interpretation of … Continue reading
“I have no need of that hypothesis”
Pierre-Simon Laplace was another really smart guy, by all accounts. He was a physicist, mathematician and astronomer who lived in France from 1749-1827 during some pretty turbulent times: the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. All occurred during his lifetime. … Continue reading
Where do the facts lead?
There is a price to pay for critical thinking, if you are an honest person. The scientific method is really just an organized way of consistently applying the rules of critical thinking. Let’s take a closer look at the process … Continue reading →