Beware of These Five Fallacies! | Episode 45 | Everything is Everything

Our brains are hardwired to think in ways suited to a pre-historic world -- which is why there are so many fallacies in our thinking!

Welcome to Episode 45 of Everything is Everything, a weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma and Ajay Shah.

In this episode, Amit and Ajay discuss five foundational fallacies, and speak about how we can improve our thinking if we learn to recognise them and avoid them.

Who can object to becoming a better thinker!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 Packaging
00:13 Introduction: Why Do We Fight?
04:48 Chapter 1: The Zero-Sum Fallacy
14:07 Chapter 2: The Fallacy of Composition
22:29 Chapter 3: The Post-Hoc Fallacy
37:52 Chapter 4: The Chess Pieces Fallacy
42:21 Chapter 5: The Open-Ended Fallacy
51:14 Chapter 6: Ajay’s Recco
52:39 Chapter 7: Amit’s Recco

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6. The Art of Clear Writing -- Amit's writing course: https://indiauncut.com/clear-writing/
7. The India Uncut Newsletter -- Amit's newsletter at https://indiauncut.substack.com/
8. Economic Facts and Fallacies -- Thomas Sowell: https://amzn.in/d/8tFaEsx
9. The Double 'Thank You' Moment -- John Stossel: https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=...
10. Why Freedom Matters -- Episode 10 of Everything is Everything:    • Why Freedom Matters | Episode 10 | Ev...  
11. Profit = Philanthropy -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.com/profit-philant...
12. The Great Redistribution -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.com/the-great-redi...
13. The Evolution of Cooperation -- Robert Axelrod: https://amzn.in/d/hNdJgy5
14. What's Wrong With Indian Agriculture? -- Episode 18 of Everything is Everything:    • What's Wrong With Indian Agriculture?...  
15. Tim Urban's tweet on getting to know people:   / 1640409977893396481  
16. The Day Ryan Started Masturbating -- Amit Varma: https://indiauncut.substack.com/p/12-...
17. ‘Wet Streets Cause Rain’ — Michael Crichton explains Gell-Mann Amnesia:   / briefly-stated-the-gell-mann-amnesia-effec...  
18. The Forgotten Man -- Amity Shlaes: https://amzn.in/d/4GQLz74
19. Poker and Life -- Episode 38 of Everything is Everything:    • Poker and Life | Episode 38 | Everyth...  
20. The Man of System — Adam Smith (excerpted from The Theory of Moral Sentiments): https://www.libertarianism.org/public...
21. The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism -- Friedrich Hayek: https://amzn.in/d/1r3pl2L
22. The Use of Knowledge in Society — Friedrich Hayek: https://www.econlib.org/library/Essay...
23. Four Papers That Changed the World -- Episode 41 of Everything is Everything:    • Four Papers That Changed the World | ...  
24. The Selfish Gene -- Richard Dawkins: https://amzn.in/d/8LyI27d
25. Untitled -- Leonard Cohen: https://www.tumblr.com/apoemaday/6520...
26. Understanding the State -- Episode 25 of Everything is Everything:    • Understanding the State | Episode 25 ...  
27. When Should the State Act? -- Episode 26 of Everything is Everything:    • When Should the State Act?  | Episode...  
28. The Economics and Politics of Vaccines -- Episode 223 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah):    • Ep 223: The Economics and Politics of...  
29. Declutter -- Episode 30 of Everything is Everything:    • Declutter | Episode 30 | Everything i...  
30. Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace -- Christopher Blattman: https://amzn.in/d/j9EYqg9
31. The Three Languages of Politics -- Arnold Kling: https://amzn.in/d/8crgQl8
32. In My Tribe -- Arnold Kling's newsletter: https://arnoldkling.substack.com/
33. The Populist Playbook -- Episode 42 of Everything is Everything:    • The Populist Playbook | Episode 42 | ...  

Produced by Amit Varma
Shot by Vaishnav Vyas and Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / vaishnav.vyas  
Edited by Nomsita MS Haritashya:   / nomsitaharitashya  
Thanks to Gaurav Chintamani for helping with sound:   / gaurav_chintamani  
Chapter images & additional illustrations by Simahina:   / i_am_simahina