This is a list of Logical Fallacies. This list is an evergreen list that will help the Learner value the argument.
Types of Logical Fallacies
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21st Century Skills to Master
This lesson describes the 21st Century Skills to Master in order to thrive today in our hyper-connected digital World.
Strategic Management of Technology
“In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower Learning about the effective management of technology is very important because through technology, we can greatly amplify our abilities. Thus,...
Lifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is needed because we cannot learn the skills needed for tomorrow in the static classrooms of today.
Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement Learning We examine the formation of signaling conventions in a framework of a multi-agent reinforcement learning model. Introducing a population renewal algorithm, which in the presence of superlinear reinforcement, considerably enhances formation of...
Arguments
The effectiveness of the communication is enhanced to the extent that the “intentions” of all the parties are in sync and in harmony.
Use Media Literacy to Understand a Fox News Story about Obama
This lesson on Using Media Literacy to Understand a Fox News Story about the Obama’s will help us better perceive information from Fox News.
Focus on Intent
This Lesson helps you learn the skills needed to “Focus on Intent” when communicating. In almost all cases every party to the communication has a different intention.
The effectiveness of the communication is directly tied to the extent the “intentions” of all the parties aline. Updated Feb 2024.
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Communication and Information Theory
This class will provide the chance to explore the past, current, and future communication and information theories.
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Atlantis Decision Making Method
How to Make Better Decisions Better Decisions come better information, and better information comes from better communication. Ultimately all decisions are information dependent. https://www.youtube.com/embed/GiPe1OiKQuk Some of your decisions will be so routine that...
Ptah Hotep Wrote About Being Polite
Egyptian sage Ptah Hotep wrote about being Polite around 2000 BCE. He wrote a guidebook for enhancing interpersonal communication skills. Ptah Hotep encouraged people to be truthful, kind, and tolerant in their communication. He urged active listening and emphasized mindfulness in word choice, noting that “good words are more difficult to find than emeralds.”
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Communication SkillsDecision SkillsMaster the InternetTelecommunications LawFoundationsAnyone Can View a Class. But, only "Members" can ADD CONTENT to the Class.Improve Communication SkillsLearn the 21st Century Communication Skills you need to thrive in our...
Active Listening
Is Our Current Media Situation Good or Bad
Our Current Media Situation is Better Than Anytime in the Past
Question 1 – Is our Current “Media” situation good or bad? Answer 1a – It is bad. Many People Communicated better in the Past. Many suggest that things were better in the past. This has been going on from the beginning of us. We like to complain that kids today don’t...
People Communicated Better in the Past
Argument 1 – People Communicated better in the Past. Many suggest that things were better in the past. This has been going on from the beginning of us. We like to complain that kids today don’t know what they should know. We like to complain that there is too much...
The Sender is Responsible for the Communication
In any given communication event, the sender is responsible for the communication effectiveness and achieving the intention of the sender.
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Improve Communication Improve Your Life
Improving your communication and information processing skills will help you thrive in our 21st-century hyper-connected digital world.
Knowledge Acquisition Separate From Knowledge Assessment
The @lantis School of Communication makes knowledge acquisition separate from knowledge assessment. We do this for a few reasons. Removes Instructor biases in Testing. By making knowledge acquisition separate from knowledge assessment we remove all the biases from...
Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency Act S-4066
Watch Introduction VideoAbout This Course This course offers lessons to help your child improve their interpersonal relationships by improving their ability to listen. Course Summary Improve your child's Listening communication skills. Informative lesson plans, fun...
Understanding the “Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency Act”
Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency ActAbout This Course This course offers lessons to help your child improve their interpersonal relationships by improving their ability to listen. Course Summary Improve your child's Listening communication skills....
The Future of Education is Streamed Media
In the past, I used to buy music on vinyl records. I would put them on a "turntable" and play them. Now I buy music subscription services and stream my music. In the past, I used to buy news from newspapers and magazines. Now I buy news subscription services and...
How to Be an Active Listener
Active listening is a way of listening that involves full attention to what is being said for the primary purpose of understanding the speaker. And, understanding the speaker is fundamental to getting what you want. Active listening is an important skill set for many...
Facebook Didn’t Seem To Care I Was Being Sexually Harassed Until I Decided To Write About It | HuffPost
While his genius may be largely uncontested, Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of Facebook is badly adrift from reality. He paints the social media behemoth he founded in 2004 as a tool “to bring the world closer together,” but in many ways, it has become an indispensable...
Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump’s history of lying, Conway’s defensiveness and more
On the topic of Kellyanne Conway’s reaction to CNN’s question about her husband’s anti-Trump tweets, Michael Tomasky calls her a “conservative snowflake”: [C]ome on. It was a totally reasonable and legitimate question, as Bash told my colleague Matt Wilstein Monday ....
The Misinformation Effect
The misinformation effect refers to the tendency for post-event information to “interfere” with the memory of the original event. This lesson describes how memories are reconstructed, not replayed.
Researchers have shown that introducing even relatively subtle information following an event can dramatically influence how people remember. Updated Feb. 24, 2024
Self Assessment Survey
This lesson is another Self Assessment Survey intended to help us discover our communication strengths and weaknesses.
Selective Perception, Motivated Reasoning, Confirmation Bias, and Cultural Bias are real.
Wireless System Implementation for Facilities Managers
Wireless System Implementation for Facilities Managers WIRELESS SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION The facility manager will be called upon to assist with various types of installations WLAN: A wireless LAN is the most common installation for a facility manager in a general office...
Network Neuroscience
The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas. In order to tell the difference between what we just believe and what we know we need to understand...
Managing Wireless Technology for Facilities Managers
This began as a 40 Minute talk to the International Facilities Managers Association (IFMA) Atlanta World Workplace 2013 Conference. IFMA Atlanta Workplace 2015 Social Media Academy from Brandero Media on Vimeo.
List of Fallacious Arguments
Several of these have names in Latin, but I mostly ignored that and used English. If anyone is bothered by my using "he" everywhere, note that "he" is the person arguing fallaciously. Ad Hominem (Argument To The Man) Affirming The Consequent Amazing Familiarity...
Critical Thinking
Being Critical is Not Thinking Critically! Too often in practice, people equate critical thinking with merely being skeptical of whatever they hear. Or they will interpret it to mean that, when confronted with someone who says something that they disagree with,...
How to Maximize Virtual Meetings
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Communication Foundations
Communication SkillsFoundationsTelecommunications LawMaster the Internet@lantis Open ClassesImprove Communication SkillsLearn the 21st Century Communication Skills you need to thrive in our hyper-connected digital world.Learn the 21st Century Information Processing...
Racism Exists
Premise 1 - Trump is a racist.
Conservative’s Defense of Amy Coney Barrett’s Religion
Conservative's Defense of Amy Coney Barrett's Religion The post below provides evidence of selective perception. Specifically, the evidence of Selective Perception is the Conservative's defense of Amy Coney Barrett's religion. GOP Defends Amy Coney Barrett’s...
5 Communication Skills Needed to Thrive in the 21st Century
5 Communication Skills Need to Thrive in the 21st Century Focus on Intent Honesty - Sync between Verbal and Non-verbal Active Listening Brevity Take Responsibility for Communication Problems
Modes of Persuasion
Ethos, Pathos & Logos: Aristotle’s Modes of Persuasion The Greeks are good at a lot of stuff. Weddings. Smashing plates. Growing (and marinating) olives. But, unbeknownst to many, they also have a rich history in advertising. Before Ogilvy, there was Aristotle....
eLearning Trends
Training remote learners and driving performance gain over distance is the new reality. With an increase in work from home, it has led to a need to have an Agile and Flexible Digital Workplace. Organizations need to create a digital workplace that can easily move from...
The Origins of Identity Politics
Identity politics is all around us. Whether you know it or not, we are all bathing in it. Some Americans have embraced it gladly, while others have simply become inured to it and no longer bat an eyelid. Many others, however, have begun to take notice, and to them something does not seem right.
Look Good on a Video Call
Look Good On A Video Call I started selling video conferencing in the '80s. Back then, there wasn't a lot of bandwidth and equipment was expensive. But, as Moore's Law has proven, things got a whole lot faster and a whole lot cheaper. Today, you can do virtually the...
Virtual Meeting Etiquette
This lesson on Virtual Meeting Etiquette will help you learn the current standards of behavior for virtual meetings. Mastering this etiquette is helpful in our 21st Century hyper-connected digital world.
Noam Chomsky as Seen by Tom Wolfe
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History of the Scientific Method
History of the Scientific Method The Dark Ages, (500 to 1100) were characterized by a general erosion of civilization. Knowledge from the ancient Romans survived in only a few monasteries, cathedrals, and palace schools. While knowledge from ancient Greece...
History of Rhetoric
This lesson is on the History of Rhetoric. It’s intended to help provide an understanding of the past so we can better predict the future.
Fake News and the First Amendment
We Already Have a Solution to Fake News: It’s Called the First Amendment Oct 9, 2017 13 min read Fake news isn’t suddenly ruining America, but putting government in charge of deciding what news is fake will. In the wake of President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016...
Boolean Logic
This lesson provides a high-level look at Boolean Logic and how it can apply to help us improve our communication and thus improve our life.
How the Mind Makes Meaning
This lesson, How the Mind Makes Meaning, provides the latest thinking on how the brain works and how we can use that thinking to help us develop communication “Best Practices.” Updated Feb. 2024.
Shannon Entropy Explained
This lesson, Shannon Entropy Explained, is a good explanation of what Entropy is and why it is important. It Helps build the best message.
Tom Wolfe – The Origins of Speech
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George Boole
The British mathematician George Boole is best known for his work on Boolean logic which was named after him and is very important in computing and electronics. November 2nd 2015 is Boole's 200th birthday if such a thing makes any sense. We like to celebrate famous...
Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning
A Great Video of Claude Shannon describing the state of Machine Learning in the 50’s, just before the transistor. Updated Sept 2023.
Shannon Entropy and Information Gain
Hiring Trends – 2018
Hiring Trends to Exploit in 2018 by ASC Staff | Jan 17, 2018 | Career Development 2018 Hiring Trends: New Hiring Trends The Digitization of the Interview The Computerization of the Resume Selection Process Traditional Hiring Trends (Independent of Technology) More...
Heritage Foundation Take on Fake News
We Already Have a Solution to Fake News: It’s Called the First Amendment< Oct 9, 2017 13 min read Mr. Stepman is a contributor to The Daily Signal, the multi-media news outlet of The Heritage Foundation. Mr. Stepman wrote In the wake of President Donald Trump’s...
How to Make Decisions – Old
Decision MakingHow to Make Better Decisions Better Decisions come better information, and better information comes from better communication. Ultimately all decisions are information dependent. Some of your decisions will be so routine that you make them without...
Pragmatics of Human Communication
Updated March 1, 2023 – A Lesson on the Watzlawick, Bavelas, and Jackson book – The Pragmatics of Human Communication. Adds new thinking about Information and Cognitive Science to this seminal and highly influential work.
Racial and Partisan Disparities in Response to Covid-19
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Frontispiece – Diamond Sutra
The colophon, at the inner end, reads: Reverently [caused to be] made for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 13th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [i.e. 11th May, CE 868 ]. / Public domain Summary Description...
History of the Printing Press
Learning about the History of the Printing Press is important because it can help us predict what is going to happen with the Internet. They are similar in that they both created more information by orders of magnitude.
21st Century Learning Styles
This lesson suggests that the most important 21st Century Learning Style to emerge is a “Networked Learning.” The 21st Century offers more opportunities to embrace more learning styles than ever before.
Johann Gutenberg
A lesson on Johann Gutenberg describing his innovations and some of the impact those innovations have had on the world, including the Reformation and the Age of Enlightenment. Updated Oct. 2023
How to Build a Core Competency
Your Core Competency is made of the 3 or 4 basic things you do that set the foundation for what you can accomplish. This Lesson helps you develop your Core Competencies. Core Competencies offer access to a wide variety of markets. Contribute significantly to your success. And, are difficult for competitors to imitate. Updated March 2024.
Noise as a Fundamental Obstacle to Learning
Noise as a Fundamental Obstacle to Learning Let me go on record and acknowledge that I truly understand that while getting good enough information for learning is fairly easy, getting the “BEST” information for learning is not so easy. The reason is "Noise."...
Communication Foundations
Warren Buffet is rumored to have told a group of MBA students that communication was the one skill he wished he had learned more about while he was in college. Communication is one of the most crucial skills to thrive. Always has been. Always will. In a recent...
Marshell McLuhan
I feel that we're standing on the threshold of a liberating and exhilarating world in which the human tribe can become truly one family and man's consciousness can be freed from the shackles of mechanical culture and enabled to roam the cosmos. I have a deep and...
The Printing Press as an Agent for Change
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Internet Alphabet for Beginners
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How to Teach Civil Debate
How to Teach Civil Debate Every community confronts divisive times. A healthy community has figured out how to have disagreements without being disagreeable. So, a key skill is teaching how to have a civil debate. The civicsrenewalnetwork.org offers a range of...
A Smart Recommender System
A Smart Recommender Based on Hybrid Learning Methods for Personal Well-Being Services Rayan M. Nouh, Hyun-Ho Lee, Won-Jin Lee, and Jae-Dong Lee* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles...
Mimeo Report on the State of Learning and Development
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Public Speaking Help
Conservative Approach to Public Speaking A post caught my eye The New Bible for Public Speaking. It's from townhall.com, a very conservative media outlet. And while the author mentions Trump in this piece, it is still important. The take-aways from this post are:...
Mediated Democracy – The Future of Political Agency
Mediated Democracy - The Future of Political Agency The notion of ‘political agency’ draws attention at the (media) practices through which social actors re- produce, reorganise and challenge politics. At the same time, it poses questions about the structures, econom-...
Information Technology and Social Change
Information Technology and Social Change Contents INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE 1. THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES 2. SOCIETY IN THE SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE THE DYNAMIC STATE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS THE EVOLUTION OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: THE CASE OF...
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Peter Drucker – Quotes
“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” — Peter Drucker
Mathematical Beauty Activates Same Brain Region as Great Art or Music
People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty. There are many different...
Quarantine Fatigue
Quarantine Fatigue Instead of an all-or-nothing approach to risk prevention, Americans need a manual on how to have a life in a pandemic. In the earliest years of the HIV epidemic, confusion and fear reigned. AIDS was still known as the “gay plague.” To the extent...
The Benefits of Aggregated Knowledge
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A Constitutive Approach to Interpersonal Communication
This Constitutive Approach to Interpersonal Communication Studies suggests Communication can be measured by the stability of the network built.
There is no Racism
Source, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/05/08/georgia-murder-arrest-n2568454 I feel so sorry for the family of this young man, apparently a very nice young man at that, but please, can we have a moratorium on calling every single death of anyone of...
The Mathematical Theory of Communication
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Claude Shannon Bio
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer and inventor known as the “father of information theory” and as the “father of the Information Age”
Harpers Magazine – The Origins of Speech
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Curriculum
The @lantis School of Communication is built to offer you the breadth of knowledge you need to consider yourself (and to be considered by others) a Master of Communication. To consider yourself a "Master of Communication" you should have these "Learning...
History of Information Technologies
History of Information Technologies In an iBook I wrote, “The 5 Ages of Information,” I break information into 5 distinct ages. In the iBook I lay out a timeline for the changes. It is critical to note the acceleration of changes over history. The first...
A Stable Political System can be achieved using Fractal Thinking
This lesson suggests that Fractal Thinking is a new answer to the age-old question: How can we improve our “political” systems?” This lesson suggests that A Stable Political System can be achieved using Fractal Thinking. Fractal Thinking says that individuals can create a stable system “spontaneously” without a Government or Church Central Authority. Updated Feb. 2024
Participation Types
Participation Types Three ways to participate in your Learning Community Features Participation TypesTake Classes, participate in discussion, download information from the Info Store or the Library. Help others learn what you know, and in the process learn more about...
How you can protect yourself from misinformation
Protect yourself from misinformation? Throughout history, many smart people have fallen for misinformation. It is often hard to protect yourself from misinformation. As a result, few actually try. However, while it is often hard to protect yourself from...
Conservative Approach to Public Speaking
Conservative Approach to Public Speaking A post caught my eye The New Bible for Public Speaking. It's from townhall.com, a very conservative media outlet. And while the author mentions Trump in this piece, it is still important. The take-aways from this post are:...
The Cognitive Science of Free Will
The Cognitive Science of Free Will How to make the best decisions is one of the "Key Questions" the @lantis Learning Community is interested in. This lesson is focused on how the brain constrains our decision making by fooling us about Free Will One of the main...
History of Writing
This lesson on the History of Writing is intended to help the community establish a baseline understanding of the communication forces that influence our personal understanding of the world around us. By better understanding the history writing, we can better understand the natural laws that influence our decision-making today.
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Network Neuroscience
The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas. Networks pervade our lives. Every day we use intricate networks of roads, railways, maritime routes and...