Category Archives: skepticism

How to Avoid Deception

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Advanced Reading Concepts

This is another re-post of one of our first blogs. It is unfortunate that it keeps being relevant.But Friday’s Columbus Dispatch had an article in it called: Poll: Misinformation a problem. “Most respondents say it spurs extremism, hate.” Written by … Continue reading →

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Update to the Update on THE Ohio State University

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Advanced Reading Concepts

Our most recent blog was about the word “the” which is the most commonly used structure word and which usually doesn’t really have any meaning. Continue reading →

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Dispatch Column: Repetition Creates an Illusion of Truth in our Minds

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Advanced Reading Concepts

The more often we hear something, the more likely we will believe that it is true. Continue reading →

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Fake News Confronted by Educators, World Wide Newspapers and the Columbus Metropolitan Club.

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Advanced Reading Concepts

Schools are teaching their students to investigate the news they read Continue reading →

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The Nation Article on Avoiding Fake News From Bangkok

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Advanced Reading Concepts

I read this article when teaching a class in Bangkok for the USAID. I enjoyed reading the English version of the papers in the hotel lobby. This column in the The Nation by Suthichai Yoon started with: Thais got a taste of what “fake” news can do to you recently when Facebook got fooled by its own algorithm. Continue reading →

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Fake News Precedes Us

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Advanced Reading Concepts

Peter Hancock, a psychologist at the University of Central Florida has “alternative artifacts” and in his new book “Hoax Springs Eternal: the psychology of cognitive deception,” he shows why some hoaxes are more successful than others. Continue reading →

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The Nation Article on Avoiding Fake News From Bangkok

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Advanced Reading Concepts

I read this article when teaching a class in Bangkok for the USAID. I enjoyed reading the English version of the papers in the hotel lobby. This column in the The Nation by Suthichai Yoon started with: Thais got a taste of what “fake” news can do to you recently when Facebook got fooled by its own algorithm. Continue reading →

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Fake News Confronted by Educators and World Wide Newspapers.

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Advanced Reading Concepts

Schools are teaching their students to investigate the news they read Continue reading →

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Masters of Deceit–How to Trust?

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Advanced Reading Concepts

In 1958 J. Edgar Hoover wrote a classic “Masters of Deceit.” Now days there are a lot of Masters of Deceit. How do we find what is true? Continue reading →

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Summer Speed Readers Soar with Less Stress and More Success!

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Advanced Reading Concepts

“I was very skeptical of this class at first, but by the end of the first day I was very excited to learn and grow. This class taught me so much more than I ever expected and I know this … Continue reading →

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