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Melanie Trecek-King. Science and critical thinking communicator. No longer active here. Please follow @ThinkingPowers on FB, IG, and TT.
Joined May 2020
1/2 The purpose of general eduction science is to teach students science literacy and critical thinking, yet many courses focus on facts. Science isn’t just what we know, it’s how we know. There is a better way: Teach skills, not facts. https://t.co/BpCqK5tCqY
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Melanie Trecek-King's excellent CSICon talk is out! https://t.co/WPmJxwzXPe
@ThinkingPowers @SkeptInquirer
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Check out our latest Substack post, an interview with Melanie Trecek-King , creator of @ThinkingPowers and Education Director for the Mental Immunity Project https://t.co/2zFxT47QEK
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I spent the last 7 weeks on the road… giving 20 presentations and workshops. I had a wonderful time, but it’s good to be home! (I missed Dmitri 😻) Newsapalooza in PA Williamsville School District in NY CSICon STANYS in New York @QCCornCON
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Without an understanding of how our identities and worldviews can alter our standards of evidence, pseudoscience and science denial provide cover for what we want or don’t want to believe. Read more from @ThinkingPowers in @SkeptInquirer:
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Most people agree that critical thinking is an important skill that should be taught in schools. And most educators think they teach critical thinking. I kn ...
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My latest article, ���Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking”, is out in @SkeptInquirer! https://t.co/cHWLYOAs7C
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Carl Sagan is my hero. Happy birthday, Dr. Sagan. Thank you for everything you did for science and humanity.
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Conspiratorial thinking isn’t the same as critical thinking. If our goal is to uncover real conspiracies, we need critical thinking, not conspiratorial thinking.
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Thanks @critikids for the fun collab!
As @thinkingpowers writes, “Theory might win the prize for the most commonly misunderstood word in science. In everyday usage, a theory is a hunch. A guess. Pure speculation. For example, I have a theory about why my cat yells (sings?) at night — he’s calling on the spirits of
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This is an excellent thread about common misconceptions about organic food.
Organic food is not grown without pesticides. Organic food is not healthier. Organic food is not better for the environment. Organic food can be worse ecologically - lower yield, more off-target pesticide impacts, more land use, more tillage = worse for the planet. 1/
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It might be the alphabet, or maybe I’m just more awesome than @neiltyson. Hard to say. 🤷♀️ Looking forward to #CSICon!!!
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@ThinkingPowers rightly reminds us that nobody is immune from bad ideas. We must all keep our eyes - and minds - open. https://t.co/15ZQIs6vZB
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Thanks to @ThinkingAtheist for the interview!
Facts usually won't cut it. We need to drill down to how beliefs are formed and protected. Melanie Trecek-King of @ThinkingPowers does a lot of writing/speaking about identity beliefs. https://t.co/q84MnMLiKk
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Looking forward to this!
Our @NATS_Science fall conference is Oct 18! I'm on the board, and we are highlighting all presenters! 🚨KEYNOTE ALERT!🚨@ThinkingPowers We are excited to welcome Melanie Trecek-King! Knowing enough doesn't change our minds. THINKING is where it's at. https://t.co/oO0XTijXME
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Science denial usually stems from a desire to avoid accepting conclusions that conflict with our identity or ideology, or those we don’t like (i.e. solution aversion).🛑 If you see this fallacy in use, consider the underlying motivations.🤔 More details: https://t.co/6WOc4QAZEV
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1/3 A special Caturday post This silly (and fake) ad illustrates the techniques commonly used to sell health pseudoscience. How many can you spot? Can you think of other ways to use the techniques? Put them in the comments! Free lesson plan: https://t.co/5XBUxVWaUa
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3/3 How to Sell Pseudoscience Cheat Sheet Read the article in Skeptical Inquirer: https://t.co/6h0IJDzQR3
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2/3 Want to learn more about the techniques? Watch the entire video: “How to Sell Health Pseudoscience: A Crash Course in Con Artistry”: https://t.co/Ice263Ig4a (And please like and subscribe while you’re there!)
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