(Too important not to share…with many thanks to “Fallacy Man”).

We seem to be living in the golden age of misinformation, and while cognitive biases and motivated reasoning have always existed, they seem to have reached epidemic levels in recent years, with attacks on the very nature of facts coming from the highest offices in the land (the phrases “alternative facts” and “fake news” come […]

Facts: Why they matter and how to check them — The Logic of Science