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Presentation Dont Believe Everything You Think by Michael Dean
Presentation Dont Believe Everything You Think by Michael Dean
Think
The Six Basic Mistake People Make in
Thinking
Thinking is
Skilled work.
People with untrained minds should no
more expect to think clearly and logically
than people who have never learned and
never practiced can expect to find
themselves good carpenters, golfers,
bridge players or pianists.
Science is a
METHOD,
not a
SUBJECT
QUIZ
#1) In the past 20 years, violence in schools has:
A) Increased
B) Remained about the same
C) Decreased
QUIZ
#2) In the past 20 years, violent crime in
America has:
A) Increased
B) Remained about the same
C) Decreased
QUIZ
• The answer to both was c) decreased.
2, 4, 6
Quiz
2, 4, 6
The rule is: “Three positive whole numbers in
ascending order.”
Six Common Mistakes
• People prefer Stories to statistics
• People seek to Confirm, not question, ideas
Science Thought
• Most people seek evidence to support.
• In science, we attempt to disprove.
• Nothing can EVER be proven. Cases may still
exist to falsify.
A B
QUIZ
#5) What is the chance of a coin coming up
heads on a single flip?
A B
QUIZ
#5) 50%
#6) 50%
#7) 50%
#9) No
The Bell Curve
Paris in the
the spring
Quiz:
#11) Describe what you see:
Quiz:
#12) Describe what you see:
Quiz:
#13) Count the number of passes
made by people in WHITE shirts.
PASSES
PASSES
Quiz answers
#10) Paris in the the spring