Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 11.2
- Sherlock Holmes is so good at judging people partly because he avoids the conjunction fallacy. (From jes3ica.)
- Sugar, and candy, do not make kids hyper. (From Hasdrubal.)
- TV Fact-Checker: inoculating House against bad medicine.
- 5 logical fallacies that make you wrong more than you think. (From cerberus40.)
This is what I love about skepticism — every logical fallacy corresponds to some really cool aspect of human psychology. I totally fell for the conjunctive fallacy in the example. Just one more thing for me to look out for when making assumptions!
Dammit Jen… did you even bother to look at how many of those Lessons from Sherlock Holmes there are? Do you have no idea how much time that is going to take? Right at the beginning of Nanowrimo? Have you no shame! ;)