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1/3 A special Caturday post This silly (and fake) ad illustrates the techniques commonly used to sell health pseudoscience. How many can you spot? Can you think of other ways to use the techniques? Put them in the comments! Free lesson plan: thinkingispower.com/activity-how-t…

Caractéristiques de la pseudoscience par Thinking Is Power traduit en français.

Science denial usually stems from a desire to avoid accepting conclusions that conflict with our identity or ideology, or those we don’t like (i.e. solution aversion).🛑 If you see this fallacy in use, consider the underlying motivations.🤔 More details: thinkingispower.com/logical-fallac…

I finally got my copy of Mind the Science by the amazing Dr. Jonathan N. Stea!

Looking forward to this!

Thanks to The Thinking Atheist for the interview!

What is science? With Thinking Is Power

Thinking Is Power rightly reminds us that nobody is immune from bad ideas. We must all keep our eyes - and minds - open. youtube.com/shorts/KjCpSfA…

It might be the alphabet, or maybe I’m just more awesome than Neil deGrasse Tyson. Hard to say. 🤷‍♀️ Looking forward to #CSICon!!!

This is an excellent thread about common misconceptions about organic food.

Thanks Stephanie Simoes for the fun collab!

Conspiratorial thinking isn’t the same as critical thinking. If our goal is to uncover real conspiracies, we need critical thinking, not conspiratorial thinking.

Carl Sagan is my hero. Happy birthday, Dr. Sagan. Thank you for everything you did for science and humanity.

My latest article, “Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking”, is out in Skeptical Inquirer! skepticalinquirer.org/2024/10/thinki…

Without an understanding of how our identities and worldviews can alter our standards of evidence, pseudoscience and science denial provide cover for what we want or don’t want to believe. Read more from Thinking Is Power in Skeptical Inquirer: ow.ly/7R1x50U5M71

I spent the last 7 weeks on the road… giving 20 presentations and workshops. I had a wonderful time, but it’s good to be home! (I missed Dmitri 😻) Newsapalooza in PA Williamsville School District in NY CSICon STANYS in New York CornCon Cybersecurity Conference National Science Teaching Association Center for Inquiry

Check out our latest Substack post, an interview with Melanie Trecek-King , creator of Thinking Is Power and Education Director for the Mental Immunity Project open.substack.com/pub/mentalimmu…

Melanie Trecek-King's excellent CSICon talk is out! youtu.be/QpEmDaoGHL0?si… Thinking Is Power Skeptical Inquirer