Why so many misconceptions?
How to cultivate a critical mind?
The science of nonsense © Humensciences
By: Caroline Lachowsky
2 min
Is it possible to get vaccinated against nonsense?
Why do misconceptions, nonsense and rumors spread so quickly and so well?
How to cultivate our critical mind?
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Let's cultivate our critical thinking today, asking ourselves why are we so receptive to misconceptions and rumors, why are we so often biased? Would we be wired to more easily believe in sympathetic, exciting, and comforting nonsense rather than rigorous, careful, and instructive statements? How can we be vaccinated against the nonsense that is circulating more and more quickly and in greater number on our networks? How do we reinvigorate these critical defenses that we so badly need right now? It becomes urgent to question ourselves about our functioning and our human tendency to credulity.
With
Thomas C Durand
, doctor in Plant Biology and author of the Youtube channel
La Tronche en bias
(devoted to critical
thinking
) for the book
La science des balivernes
,
published by Humensciences.
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