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Articles Tagged: Critical Thinking

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  • Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect - A cognitive bias where individuals critically evaluate media on topics they know well but uncritically accept information on subjects outside their expertise.
  • Motte and Bailey Fallacy - A rhetorical tactic where an arguer retreats from an extreme claim to a defensible one, implying the latter validates the former.
  • Principle of Charity - A philosophical and rhetorical guideline for interpreting others' words, arguments, and actions in their most rational and favorable light.
  • The Barnum Effect - Discover the Barnum Effect, a common cognitive bias where people readily accept vague, general personality descriptions as uniquely tailored to them.