076 - The Genetic Fallacy

076 - The Genetic Fallacy

We often overestimate and overstate just how much we can learn about a claim based on where that claim originated, and that's the crux of the genetic fallacy, according to the experts in this episode.

The genetic fallacy appears when people trace things back to their sources, and if you traced back to their shared source the ad hominem attack (insulting the source instead of attacking its argument) and the argument from authority (praising the source instead of supporting its argument), you would find the genetic fallacy is the mother of both kinds of faulty reasoning.

You might be in danger of serially committing the genetic fallacy if your first instinct is to ask where attitude-inconsistent comes from once you feel the twinge of fear that appears after a belief is threatened.

In this episode, listen as three experts in logic and rationality when we should and when we should not take the source of a statement into account when deciding if something is true or false.

• Show Notes: http://bit.ly/1XCvCdr

• Patreon: www.patreon.com/youarenotsosmart

• Donate Directly through PayPal: www.paypal.me/DavidMcRaney

SPONSORS
• Bombas: Bombas.com/SOSMART
• Exo Protein: exoprotein.com/sosmart
• The Great Courses Plus: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/smart

Patreon: http://patreon.com/youarenotsosmart


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Avsnitt(332)

191 - Livewired - David Eagleman

191 - Livewired - David Eagleman

In this episode we sit down with neuroscientist David Eagleman to learn how brains turn noise into signal, chaos into order, electrical spikes into meaning, and how new technology can expand subjectiv...

18 Okt 20201h 13min

190 - Learned Helplessness (rebroadcast)

190 - Learned Helplessness (rebroadcast)

Stuck in a bad situation, even when the prison doors are left wide open, we sometimes refuse to attempt escape. Why is that? In this episode learn all about the strange phenomenon of learned helplessn...

4 Okt 202043min

189 - The Vaccine

189 - The Vaccine

In this giant episode, experts on vaccines, epidemiology, psychology, and science communication explain how we created so much confusion about COVID-19, and how we can avoid doing it again when a vacc...

21 Sep 20201h 43min

188 - The Happiness Lab - Laurie Santos (rebroadcast)

188 - The Happiness Lab - Laurie Santos (rebroadcast)

In this episode, we welcome Yale psychologist Laurie Santos who discusses her new podcast, The Happiness Lab which explores how wrong and misguided we can be when we pursue the things we think will ma...

6 Sep 20201h 6min

187 - Bad Habits - Jud Brewer (rebroadcast)

187 - Bad Habits - Jud Brewer (rebroadcast)

In this episode, Dr. Jud Brewer, a neuroscientist and addiction psychiatrist, discusses bad habits and how to change them. He is the author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love ...

24 Aug 20201h 13min

186 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb (rebroadcast)

186 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - Lori Gottlieb (rebroadcast)

In Lori Gottlieb's new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, she opens with a quote from James Baldwin that reads, "Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is m...

10 Aug 202041min

185 - Masks

185 - Masks

In this episode we explore the psychology behind why some people don't want to wear masks, why they get angry at the idea, and why they sometimes take to the streets and city council meetings to voice...

28 Juli 20201h 31min

184 - The Blind Spots Between Us - Gleb Tsipursky

184 - The Blind Spots Between Us - Gleb Tsipursky

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, a disaster-avoidance expert who has spent more than 20 years training businesses how to de-bias themselves. He is the author for Never Trust Your Gut ...

13 Juli 20201h 13min

Populärt inom Utbildning

rss-bara-en-till-om-missbruk-medberoende-2
historiepodden-se
det-skaver
alska-oss
nu-blir-det-historia
harrisons-dramatiska-historia
not-fanny-anymore
sektledare
johannes-hansen-podcast
roda-vita-rosen
allt-du-velat-veta
rss-viktmedicinpodden
sa-in-i-sjalen
i-vantan-pa-katastrofen
rss-max-tant-med-max-villman
rss-basta-livet
rss-sjalsligt-avkladd
rss-om-vi-ska-vara-arliga
vi-gar-till-historien
rss-pa-insidan-med-bjorn-rudman