Thinking clearly
Logic, statistics, biases and problem solving: tools for judging claims and making better decisions. 6 guides, about 45 minutes of reading.
- Logic and good reasoning
Deduction, induction and the common fallacies that make weak arguments sound convincing.
- Cognitive biases that distort your thinking
Systematic errors everyone makes, why they exist, and how they show up in schoolwork and arguments.
- Statistics in everyday life
Averages, samples, correlation and misleading graphs: the statistical ideas that help you read the news critically.
- Probability and statistics, and how they get misused
Averages, spread, probability rules, and the reasoning errors that appear constantly in real arguments.
- How to solve a problem you have not seen before
A general method for unfamiliar questions, and why practising retrieval beats rereading worked examples.
- Theories of ethics: consequences, duties and virtues
The three great approaches to right and wrong, what each gets right, and where each runs into trouble.