July 15, 2023 (San Diego) – Whenever a major political event occurs, misinformation becomes rampant. With the upcoming presidential nominee election, false information can be spread to influence ...

During an intellectual battle, one's true colours are tested. The side losing ground, as a last resort to assert tenacity, turns argumentation into sophistry. Objectivity becomes the worst casualty ...

There are many so-called “fallacies of reasoning” that infest and corrupt potential honest, rational, logical discourse. I want to focus on the “Sunk Cost Fallacy.” Some may call it the appeal to ...

Cognitive restructuring is a technique that helps people change the way they think. It is part of numerous types of psychotherapy, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Cognitive restructuring ...

The traditional linear economic model — extracting materials, turning them into manufactured goods and discarding them after consumption — is often criticized for creating a considerable amount of ...

A new analysis challenges one of the most publicized claims about Yellowstone's wolves. In a detailed comment published in Global Ecology and Conservation, researchers from Utah State University and ...

Re “When Speech Becomes Contagious,” by Adam Aleksic (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 21): President Trump’s persistent and mangled use of language has been pounded home to us for 10 long years. Few ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Circular Fallacy This is a game that seamlessly transitions between 2D card-based gameplay and immersive 3D environments ,”It” made everything disappear, ...

Singapore-based AI startup Sapient Intelligence has developed a new AI architecture that can match, and in some cases vastly outperform, large language models (LLMs) on complex reasoning tasks, all ...

Is this real life? Is this just fantasy? A growing number of scientists are suggesting that the idea that we are all living in a simulation may not be completely far-fetched. Simulation theory is the ...

In this video, we discuss logical fallacies, which are common patterns of reasoning that lead to mistakes in our arguments and understanding of the world. Examples covered include ad hominem, appeal ...