{"id":4230,"date":"2012-03-03T13:22:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T18:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theness.com\/neurologicablog\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2012-03-03T13:22:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T18:22:27","slug":"your-deceptive-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theness.com\/neurologicablog\/your-deceptive-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Deceptive Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I am proud to announce my second course with The Teaching Company: \u00a0Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Great Courses are a series of college-like lectures designed for adult learners. They are very well produced – I have been impressed with the entire process, and I am happy that The Teaching Company decided to produce some courses with me. In this one I go systematically through all of the flaws and foibles of the human brain, our errors in perception and memory, hyperactive agency detection, pattern recognition, logical fallacies, and cognitive biases. Then I discuss how this manifests as delusions and pseudoscience, and finally how to develop the critical thinking skills necessary to overcome these limitations.<\/p>\n

This is a great introduction into skeptical thinking for those not as familiar with skepticism and metacognition, and also a thorough treatment of the topic for those who are. I encourage you to check it out.<\/p>\n

Also, if you have not previously seen it, take a look at my first course: Medical Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths: What We Think We Know May Be Hurting Us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I am proud to announce my second course with The Teaching Company: \u00a0Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills. The Great Courses are a series of college-like lectures designed for adult learners. They are very well produced – I have been impressed with the entire process, and I am happy that The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[327,524],"class_list":["post-4230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-skepticism","tag-the-teaching-company","tag-your-deceptive-mind"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t