205. Survivorship Bias: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #6

Season #1 Episode #205 February 01, 2024

People use numbers to convince, persuade, and even sometimes to manipulate or fool others. This mini-series will help you recognize them!

When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!

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Episode Transcript

Hey what’s up Thinkers! Kathy Gibbens here…

I thought I’d share a review that a listener recently left for the podcast, this one is from someone called “AnkieKat”, who says, “This year I started Logic at my school. My sister was able to study logical fallacies last year and I was ready to begin to study them too. I was so excited! But then my school changed the Logic program. I wasn’t happy at all. I now know that what we are studying is extremely important but I didn’t get that at the time! I love this podcast because it glorifies God while giving us very useful skills for life! Thank you so much Mrs Gibbens!” Ok, this review totally makes my day, one, because I love hearing from my listeners, and two, because I especially love hearing from my teen listeners!! It makes me so happy to know that the next generation really cares about learning how to think well and developing discernment about the messages they’re hearing. You give me great hope for the future!

If you’re looking for a fun way to practice recognizing fallacies & manipulative messaging, and are wanting a fun way to have great conversations with your tweens & teens about these things, check out Crazy Thinkers! Crazy Thinkers is my monthly membership where each month, I send out a pdf with different memes, headlines, articles AND I give you questions to ask to help you & your kids think well about what you’re seeing & identify the fallacy being committed. The most recent one I just sent out was a guide on how to think about Conspiracy Theories, since we just did a few episodes on Conspiracy Theories. The whole goal is to PRACTICE what you’re learning about here on the podcast so you don’t forget what you’re hearing! Also included in Crazy Thinkers is a 10-week video course where you & your students will learn the SKILLS of thinking well so you can apply it to anything else you want to think well about! Anyways, check it out at filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy!

Alright, let’s dive into part 6 of our Statistical Fallacies miniseries, Survivorship Bias.

Question to ask yourself: “Is it really true that… *repeat*

Remember: When you learn HOW to think, you will no longer fall prey to those who are trying to tell you what THEY want you to think and it all starts with asking one simple question: “Is that really true?”

205. Survivorship Bias: Statistical Fallacies Miniseries #6

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