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The Logical Fallacy of ‘Hasty Counter-Example’0
- Economics
- April 18, 2016
If you’ve taken a course in “critical thinking”—or even just had an excellent teacher in high school or college—chances are you’ve heard of “the fallacy of hasty generalization.” There’s also the logically converse fallacy, which is equally common but unlabeled and often confused with the first. I call it that of “hasty counter-example.” For the
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Why You Should Spend More Money on Experiences Than Things 0
- Entertainment
- April 18, 2016
The pursuit of happiness is something that I’d say about 99 percent of the people on this planet are chasing after. Happiness is at the foundation of why we do anything, right? Every single choice we make in life will be and has been based on how we’re feeling in the moment. There’s a
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Failure Made Walt Disney Great 1
- Culture
- April 18, 2016
December 15, 2016, will mark the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney’s passing. Half a century later, I vividly recall the intense sadness I felt when I learned, at age 13, that he had died. It was as though I had lost a close member of the family. I doubt that I ever missed a single
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Stanford Dean: 8 Basic Skills We’re Failing to Teach Young People 0
- Culture
- April 18, 2016
Last week, former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims made a list of eight skills which every 18-year-old should possess. The list ran as follows: An 18-year-old must be able to talk to strangers. An 18-year-old must be able to find his or her way around. An 18-year-old must be able to manage his assignments, workload, and
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The Reason Why Universities Don’t Give Their Students Challenging Texts 0
- Culture
- April 18, 2016
In a recent article for The Times Higher Education, a variety of university professors from Great Britain and Australia note a common theme in today’s students: an inability to read anything of length or depth. Take, for example, the following quotes: “Our undergraduates – and postgraduate students as well – seem mainly not to be
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WTH Happened to Argentina’s Economy? This Chart WIll Show You…0
- Economics
- April 18, 2016
Last week, I noticed that Argentina is laying the groundwork to return to global debt markets. As a point of background, a decade and a half ago Argentina defaulted on a $100 billion obligation, the largest debt default in history. Then, in 2014, it happened again. We’ve become kind of immune to bad economic news
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