Animations on critical thinking

[catsmate]

Australian outfit Bridge 8, who have the admirable mission of devising “creative strategies for science and society,” and animator James Hutson have created six fantastic two-minute animations on various aspects of critical thinking, aimed at school ages 8 to 10, or kids between the ages of 13 and 15, but also designed to resonate with grown-ups.

I've had a look at them and they're good, covering the basics of critical thinking, confirmation bias, patterns, logic, fallacies and bad arguments. Well worth 14 minutes

Part 1: A valuable argument; covers basic logic and structured arguments


Part 2: Broken Logic; more logic and fallacies


Part 3: The Man who was made of straw

(This could be very useful on this forum as a standard response to people who use this tactic.)

Part 4: Getting Personal

(Ditto.)

Part 5: The Gambler's Fallacy


Part 6: A precautionary tale


Transcripts here.

 

[Stray Cat]

Aimed at school kids aged 8 to 10?

I know there's a ufologist around here who may benefit from watching them then.


ETA: The vids are great BTW, thanks for posting them

 

[LarianLeQuella]

Considering that many adults seem to have the cognitive abilities of children, these vids could easily be for them as well. I've been promoting these videos as well. Great stuff.