By Timothy Kenny | in Online Courses
This course will help you improve your critical thinking skills. But first, what is critical thinking? It starts with the word critic --meaning to criticize. It's about taking a skeptical look at anything you hear or read, checking things out before assuming they're true. With 33 lectures, this course will help you debias your thinking so that you're less likely to fall victim to a cognitive bias distorting how you think.
"This is a great and informative course that introduces to you the concept of cognitive bias and how you make errors in information digestion and decision making." – Rudyard Von
Timothy Kenny | Author of "Accelerated Learning for Entrepreneurs"
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By Timothy Kenny | in Online Courses
There are over 100 basic cognitive biases. And in this course, you'll learn about Nonexistent Patterns, Stereotype Thinking, Curse of Familiarity, Oversimplification, and Projection. You'll go through each bias and fallacy under these categories and how to avoid them to make smarter, better decisions in any aspect of your life.
"I definitely recommend this course and the others in this series. It's great to be made aware of the many cognitive biases there are so we can both recognize the flawed thinking we have and the flawed thinking others may inadvertently have." – Anna Kroll
Timothy Kenny | Author of "Accelerated Learning for Entrepreneurs"
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By Timothy Kenny | in Online Courses
Ever heard the line of reasoning where a premise is more convincing when it's written or said in a rhyme? That's actually a thing and it's called the Rhyme-as-Reason effect. This course will tackle that bias along with other fallacies and biases that may affect the way you think and deal with highly complex situations. You'll learn about the famous Occam's Razor, Status Quo bias, Decoy effect, and more. Learn how not to get trapped within these biases for better critical thinking.
"I think the material in this series of courses is so important for people to learn so that they can sharpen their critical thinking." – Anna Kroll
Timothy Kenny | Author of "Accelerated Learning for Entrepreneurs"
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By Timothy Kenny | in Online Courses
Have you ever been absolutely certain you remembered to grab your keys, only to discover they're still sitting on your kitchen table? That's a very basic example of False Memory. A cognitive bias which can actually affect on how you judge and perceive situations. This course will tackle how False Memory occurs, its examples, and how to avoid it.
"This is the last in the series on cognitive bias and it is about memory and learning (remembering). I think this is a valuable course to go through because it includes a lot of good information on the topic that is useful for everyday life." – Anna Kroll
Timothy Kenny | Author of "Accelerated Learning for Entrepreneurs"
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