Dr. Seema Yasmin, professor at Stanford University School of Medicine and the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, discusses: information disorder and its treatment, common techniques used for pushing lies, the use of narrative in communicating, the history and current state of journalism in America, how to best consume the news and mitigate the negative effects of social media, and a wide variety of other topics. Dr. Yasmin has investigated disease outbreaks for the CDC, worked as a CNN medical analyst and authored many books including: What the Fact? - Finding Truth in all the Noise.
#16-The Big Picture of Cognitive Science and Its Relation to Critical Thinking
#15-New Approaches to Learning the Process of Critical Thinking with guest Dr. Kevin deLaplante
#14-The Knowledge Illusion with guest: Professor Steven Sloman
#13-Beliefs, Urban Legends, and Myths
#12-Frames and Narratives
#11-Evidence-Based Practices and Policies with guest Dr. Steven Novella
#10-The Scientific Method with guest Professor Jevin West
#09-Intuition vs Analysis
#08-Researching Evidence using the Internet with guest: Tim Miller
#07-Behind the Headlines with guest: Professor Marcy Burstiner
#06-Critical Thinking and the California Common Core Curricula with in-studio guests, Lori Breyer and Colby Smart
#05-Critical Thinking contrasted with Rhetoric and Propaganda with Guests: Professors Donna and Josh Potratz
#04-How Our Minds Can Deceive Us and How to Compensate for That
#03-Evaluating Premises and Arguments with guest: Professor Benjamin Shaeffer
#02-The Importance of Critical Thinking in a Democracy
#01-Introduction to Critical Thinking
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