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Ohh, gosh, what a fun game! For my education pieces, I call them lies, but fallacy works even better! The "The science is settled," fallacy. The "There is no debate" that shuts down any ability to think, fallacy. The "If you spend enough on college, you'll be educated," fallacy. The "School is necessary," fallacy, and its implied step-ch…
Ohh, gosh, what a fun game! For my education pieces, I call them lies, but fallacy works even better!
The "The science is settled," fallacy.
The "There is no debate" that shuts down any ability to think, fallacy.
The "If you spend enough on college, you'll be educated," fallacy.
The "School is necessary," fallacy, and its implied step-child, "School is a necessary evil."
The "Learning happens in institutions," fallacy.
The "I went to school and I'm educated but I can't teach," fallacy.
The "Children need socialization," and it's corollary, "Children effectively socialize other children of the same age" fallacies.
There's just a TON of them. My favorite these days is the negative vs. positive attribute fallacy: "All my failures ("I don't have a math brain") are personal (my fault), while all my successes ("My English teacher really inspired my writing and she's why I became a lawyer") are credited to the institution (school's success). I'd love to know what you think of that!
These are excellent! Yes the logical fallacies are all around us -- we've built an entire culture out of them -- and they are designed to benefit corrupt institutions. The more we rid ourselves of these cognitive distortions, the more we will flourish. 🙌