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What About This? What About That?
A sure-fire way to derail any conversation
Mar 21
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Ali Almossawi
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Purpose
While reading his death warrant, Marquis de Favras apparently remarked, “I see that you have made three spelling mistakes.”
Mar 7
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Ali Almossawi
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February 2024
Narrated: Apophenia: Making Patterns Out of Unrelated Events
Listen now | The audio version of issue no. 16
Feb 29
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Ali Almossawi
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Apophenia: Making Patterns Out of Unrelated Events
What is it and how do we counter it?
Feb 22
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Ali Almossawi
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A New Goat & Bear Musical Short
Homophones, oxymorons, false causes, and appeals to consequences
Feb 8
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Ali Almossawi
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January 2024
Narrated + Video: The Sunk Cost Fallacy and How It Influences Our Decisions
Audio and video versions of issue no. 13
Jan 28
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Ali Almossawi
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All the Examples of Bad Thinking From Veep Season 1; I Found 29, GPT-4 Found 38
Learning from political satires what not to do
Jan 25
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Ali Almossawi
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All the Examples of Bad Thinking From Veep Season 1; I Found 29, GPT-4 Found 38
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The Sunk Cost Fallacy and How It Influences Our Decisions
What makes us stay in a job we don't like, for instance?
Jan 11
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Ali Almossawi
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December 2023
Signed Book Giveaway
Plus, stats from the past 5 months, and a 50%-off holiday special on paid subscriptions
Dec 1, 2023
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Ali Almossawi
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November 2023
Narrated: Mind the Gap: The Pitfalls of Hasty Generalizations
Listen now | The audio version of issue no. 11
Nov 17, 2023
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Ali Almossawi
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Mind the Gap: The Pitfalls of Hasty Generalizations
Includes the third musical short on appeals to ignorance. Also in this issue, why hyperbole is unhelpful, and how real world objects influence the…
Nov 16, 2023
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Narrated: The Motte and Bailey Fallacy
Listen now | The audio version of issue no. 10
Nov 11, 2023
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Ali Almossawi
12:21
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