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Critical Thinking Skills / Fallacies

Curriculum

5 Sections
28 Lessons
25 Minutes

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Introduction
1
- 1.1
  Introduction
Learning objectives
1
- 2.1
  Learning objectives
Fallacy literacy training
15
Critical thinking skills: The 5 techniques of sciences denial by John Cook
11
Resources
1
- 5.1
  Resources

Critical thinking skills: The 5 techniques of sciences denial by John Cook 5/10

Impossible expectations

It consists of demanding unrealistic standards of certainty, taking into account the available scientific evidence. This technique leads to others such as demanding more reliable evidence once the requested evidence has been received, giving a forced or distorted interpretation of a situation or an opponent’s position in order to make it difficult to understand, and misrepresenting or exaggerating an opponent’s position in order to make it easier to attack.^[1]

https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/1727110379929768054

^[1] Based on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtFGN6B8lfg&t=56s

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