Tag: Baloney Detection Kit

  • Resisting misinformation

    Resisting misinformation

    We live in the Age of Information. Never before in the history of human civilization have so many people had access to such a wealth of information. For many of us, knowledge is quite literally at our fingertips. I used to believe that if only everyone had access to information, we would all benefit as…

  • The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

    The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking

    A great article from brainpickings.org, on ways to detect bullshit and fortify your ability to think critically. An inoculation against baloney. A must-read in my opinion. Taken from Carl Sagan’s “The Demon-haunted World“. Necessary cognitive fortification against propaganda, pseudoscience, and general falsehood. Source: The Baloney Detection Kit: Carl Sagan’s Rules for Bullshit-Busting and Critical Thinking