by david allan van nostrand | Sep 11, 2023 | critical thinking, Human Behavior, Using Information
Concepts are general ideas about things. They are mental representations we use to understand the world around us. Concepts represent groups of related ideas that are organized around a main theme. One example is how the concept of gravity includes physics, theory,...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 28, 2023 | Assumptions, critical thinking, Using Information
The bandwagon fallacy assumes that something must be true because others think it is. A great example is found in thousands of HR departments that value the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator because so many others use it. Just like a perpetual motion machine, its popularity...
by david allan van nostrand | Mar 13, 2023 | critical thinking, Human Behavior, The world around us
Puzzles are tests of ingenuity or knowledge. Solving them requires reasoning, study, and persistence. As games, puzzles present difficulties to be solved by clever and patient effort. Daring puzzle-solvers seek ever-more-demanding challenges. A puzzle can also be a...
by david allan van nostrand | Feb 8, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, critical thinking, numeracy
Chegging has become a synonym for cheating. It is the biggest of the homework help sites. Forbes called Chegg a superspreader of cheating when they found more than half of college students admitted they used Chegg to cheat. The problem exploded when Covid-19 moved...
