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  • A New Hope for Reason: Mastering Logical Fallacies

A New Hope for Reason: Mastering Logical Fallacies

A nine-episode saga that trains you to spot, name, and neutralize common fallacies—then rebuild arguments so evidence wins. With bite-size drills, pocket checklists, and a capstone field journal, you’ll think faster, argue cleaner, and communicate with Jedi-level clarity.
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  • Last updated Sep 10, 2025
  • English
  • General Audiences - suitable for all ages

What you'll learn

  • How to spot common logical fallacies like ad hominem, straw man, red herring, and slippery slope in everyday conversations.

  • The difference between sound reasoning and manipulative argument tricks.

  • Why fallacies are so persuasive—and how to avoid being fooled by them in media, politics, or debates.

  • How to analyze arguments with confidence and separate fact from distraction, exaggeration, or bias.

  • Simple techniques to communicate more clearly and persuasively by removing fallacies from your own reasoning.

  • Real-world strategies to strengthen critical thinking skills that you can apply in work, relationships, and decision-making.

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Content

In an age of infinite feeds and finite patience, a brave learner sets out to restore clarity to the galaxy of ideas. Their quest: to spot the tricks, traps, and shiny distractions that sabotage sound reasoning—and to slice through them like a laser-sword of logic. Guided by Dr. Jeff Levine, Ph.D., a seasoned navigator of argumentation, you’ll journey from confusion to confidence, mastering the arts of recognition, rebuttal, and reason. Along the way you’ll meet five infamous foes—Ad Hominem, Straw Man, Red Herring, Slippery Slope, and Bandwagon—and learn how to disarm each with precision and style. As the crawl fades and the training begins, you step into a world where clarity beats volume, evidence outranks emotion, and thinking like a pro becomes your superpower.

A long time ago (like, this morning on your feed), five crafty villains slipped into debates across the galaxy: False Equivalence, Circular Reasoning, Hasty Generalization, Sweeping Generalization, and the elusive No True Scotsman. Under the guidance of Dr. Jeff, learners will ignite their sabers of discernment, expose faulty comparisons, break logic loops, and keep definitions from moving like target droids. The mission: restore balance to arguments—where evidence, not volume, wins.

Turmoil grips the galaxy of arguments. Misleading hunches whisper that randomness has a memory; tribal lore insists an idea’s birthplace seals its fate; and confusion spreads between what’s true for the parts and what’s true for the whole. Under Dr. Jeff’s guidance, learners ignite their sabers of skepticism to confront five cunning foes—Gambler’s Fallacy, Fallacist’s Fallacy, Composition, Division, and the Genetic Fallacy—and restore balance where evidence outranks instinct and clarity defeats noise.

Turbulence shakes the galaxy of discourse. Across feeds, boardrooms, and dinner tables, shadowy forces sway minds not with evidence but with irrelevance: ancient customs brandished as proof, celebrity experts quoted out of orbit, wishful outcomes mistaken for truth, and threats wielded like laser clubs. Guided by Dr. Jeff, a new cohort of truth-seekers rises to restore balance. You’ll learn to disarm four notorious villains—Appeal to Tradition, Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Consequences, and Appeal to Force—and to steer every debate back to what really matters: claims, reasons, and evidence. The crawl fades; training begins. Relevance awakens.

Across the starfields of debate, five seductive forces cloud the mind: the glitter of the new, the tug of pity, the roar of the crowd, the romance of poverty, and the swagger of wealth. “New = true,” “feel bad = agree,” “everyone says = must be,” “poor = pure,” and “rich = right” echo through the galaxy like tractor beams pulling arguments off course. Under Dr. Jeff’s guidance, you’ll ignite your saber of relevance and steer through these distortions—testing claims by evidence, not by vibes, violins, or VIP price tags. The crawl fades; training begins.

Darkness shrouds the galaxy of debate. Across feeds and boardrooms, arguments drift off-course: voices confuse what is with what ought to be, crown the natural as automatically good, stretch flimsy analogies across parsecs, and twist sentences so their meanings change with a mere shift of emphasis. Under Dr. Jeff’s guidance, a new alliance rises to restore balance. You will confront the Moralistic Fallacy, disarm the Naturalistic Fallacy, strengthen arguments against Weak Analogy, and master the Fallacies of Ambiguity—from Equivocation and Amphiboly to the stealthy Accent that turns truth with a stress. The crawl fades; training begins.

In a galaxy of hot takes and hurried headlines, subtle forces distort the truth: words that shift meaning mid-flight, questions smuggled with assumptions, effects mistaken for causes, and silence treated as proof. Under Dr. Jeff’s command, a new squadron assembles to face four crafty foes—Equivocation, Complex Question, Affirming the Consequent, and Arguing from Ignorance—and to restore balance where clarity, evidence, and valid structure rule. The crawl fades; training begins.

In a galaxy flooded with charts, headlines, and hot takes, five tricksters warp the mind: Cum Hoc whispers that correlation is causation; Post Hoc insists that “after” means “because”; False Dilemma squeezes rich problems into two tiny boxes; Subjectivist magic turns feelings into facts; and Tu Quoque hurls hypocrisy as a smoke bomb to dodge the argument. Under Dr. Jeff’s guidance, you’ll light the saber of skepticism, map real causal paths, and keep debates anchored to evidence—not vibes. The crawl fades; training begins.

The saga reaches its finale. Across the galaxy of feeds, meetings, and headlines, our newly minted thinkers face their final trial: field work. Your quest is to take the skills you’ve forged—spotting fallacies, testing claims, and steering talk back to evidence—out of the simulator and into real life. Guided by Dr. Jeff, you’ll complete your capstone mission: observe the wilds of media and conversation, identify the traps, and record your findings like a guardian of reason. The crawl fades; mastery begins.

Requirements

The only prerequisite for this course is a beginner’s mindset—an openness to learning without assumptions or rigid expectations. As Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki explained in Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (1970), “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” Approaching this course with curiosity and humility will help you see arguments with fresh eyes and sharpen your critical thinking.

Creator

Jeff Levine
@DrGetinFocus It Stands for "Accelerated Dynamic Hyper-Drive!
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It Stands for "Accelerated Dynamic Hyper-Drive!

A New Hope for Reason: Mastering Logical Fallacies
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  • Sections10
  • Lessons21
  • Skill LevelBasic
  • Language English
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