Compassion and Patience for the Perplexed
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“Mick has previously taken such an assiduous approach to debunking, bypassing the quick thrill of condescension for the hard work for verification, research and self validation of things such as optical illusions and radar imaging artifacts. In this podcast he sets himself on the equally demanding task of minimally confrontational friendly chats mostly with true believers. Don’t listen if you are looking for gotcha moments and anyone “totally destroying” anyone. But do listen if you are interested in the real world and human value of a skeptical approach to bunk and paranoid thinking. Like science proper, rationality and skepticism are maddeningly slow processes that can only help those who want the help. Since irrationality isn’t something that only lives in certain people, rather it lives in all of us some of the time, it behooves us to be both self critical and self compassionate. Because our thinking and perceiving are mostly evolutionarily tuned kluges, we are all using a type of FLIR map of reality. It’s really good at some tasks but
error and artifact prone in many other ways. Yes there are clusters of bad thinking, but the world isn’t really properly divided into the coherent folks and the confused. If you haven’t noticed yourself being irrational, you haven’t noticed yourself.”
No Neuro Babble via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/19/20
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“Thrasymachus was an excellent debunker, as was Therisites. Thucydides and EH Carr— Their effectiveness was rooted in their capacity to draw fire power from an array of critical thinking tools, directing that power to their debunking work. I appreciate the importance of “debunking” Qanon, however...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
05/29/22
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“This is a great podcast and Mick approaches his topics with a respect and tolerance of others with whom he disagrees. Even though he may describe himself as a 'debunker' I would almsot suggest 'tester of theories based on evidence' would be more accurate. Keep up the good work Mick.”Read full review »
OutlanderYT via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
01/15/20
“If you want to debunk anything then first consider ALL the facts and questions around controversial things in detail and with an objective open mind. Otherwise you are just as ignorant as a “conspiracy theorist”. Many debunkers fail to even see this in themselves. It’s naive and unscientific to...”Read full review »
Tate Causea via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
10/23/21
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