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Mennonites, Twisted Sister, and Reactance Bias

Posted on January 18, 2022November 29, 2022 by admin

Cognitive biases are hot right now. Everyone’s talking about them. Even Elon Musk. I’ve seen people of all political stripes posting about them, advocating learning them, and so on. Presumably, folks think their political opponents could use a few lessons on critical thinking. As we become increasingly polarized, we seek out explanations for the peculiar…

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The Globe and Mail, Vaccines, and the No True Mennonite Fallacy

Posted on November 29, 2021November 29, 2022 by admin

I suppose by now you’ve all read the recent piece by Nancy MacDonald in the Globe and Mail on the topic of vaccine hesitancy in southern Manitoba. I’ve read a variety of reactions to the article, ranging from proclaiming it the best analysis of this problem they had ever read, to suggesting that by focusing…

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