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Traitors and Scoundrels

August 2, 2018 by Michael Dobson

What motivates this blog post is the quote from King George III above, which appeared on one of my Pinterest boards: Dobson’s Improbable Quote of the Day for June 4. It had a lot of resonance for me: while George III said it aloud, a lot of people — including me — feel that way, at least from time […]

Filed Under: History and Society Tagged With: argumentative fallacies, cognitive biases, King George III, politics

You’re Not Being Reasonable!

August 2, 2018 by Michael Dobson

I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve gotten myself into way too many online arguments about politics and religion over the years (though I have gotten better), and I’m not happy with either my own behavior or others. All the cognitive biases (see my encyclopedia in Random Jottings 6) are on display, and hardly anyone actually […]

Filed Under: Bias, History and Society Tagged With: America, arguments, cognitive biases, logical fallacies, reasonableness, society

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