And Magda Goebbels Made a Great Strudel
My grandfather used to say "and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel" and I never knew what it meant until after he died. My grandmother explained that some magazine did…
The Appeal to Ignorance or God of the Gaps Fallacy
Definition Argumentum ad Ignorantiam (Because everything is more credible when said in Latin). An appeal to ignorance is when we draw a conclusion from the mere fact that something hasn't…
Why Turning Down The Volume on ICE (and praying) is Mis-information (Or How Good People Spread Bad Ideas)
We are going to dissect what seems like a harmless Facebook post (it got hundreds of likes and tens if not hundreds of messages agreeing with it) and see how…
Truth vs Honesty (and Ig)
Truth and Honesty Truth, refers to conveying information accurately, basically providing correct details about whatever matter is being discussed. "Honesty refers to the intention to convey information without deception, thus…
Misinformation vs Disinformation vs Malicious Stupidity
The Intent Makes All the Difference: Misinformation vs. Disinformation Misinformation is false information spread without malicious purpose. Your friend tells you the grocery store opens at 7 AM when it…
Science: Understanding Our Most Reliable Path to Knowledge
For 2,000 years plus doctors and physicians practiced killing their patients with the best of intentions. Read more articleshere Introduction and 3 minute history of 5,000 years of scientific evolution…
General Pattern of Scientific Investigation & The Difference Between Hypothesis, Theory & Law
How the Scientific Method Works While there's no single "scientific method" that all scientists follow identically, most scientific investigation follows this general pattern: Observation and Question: Science begins with curiosity…