In this broadcast, curriculum author, IF teacher, and former debate

coach, helps listeners cut through the noise when it comes to claims,

beliefs, and research about weight loss, macronutrients, and more. She

begins by drawing on her experience as a high school debate teacher and

coach to point out that the terms people are using must be defined in

order for us to put them in context and see if they apply or not. Then

she explains what logical fallacies and biases are--and how they apply

to all people at all intellectual levels. Then she delves into the six

common logical fallacies and biases with their definitions,

explanations, applications, and what to look for with each one. These

include anchoring bias, choice supportive bias, confirmation bias,

ostrich bias, bandwagon effect, and false consensus effect. Her hope is

that we will use three lenses to evaluate whether something works for us

or not in applying what we hear and read: (1) Personal Experience; (2)

Outside Observations; (3) Robust, reliable research.