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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.09,0:00:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can probably all agree\Nthat education is important, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.25,0:00:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's pretty universal.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.12,0:00:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want you to think back\Nto your time in school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.75,0:00:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if you can remember something.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.19,0:00:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See if you can remember a time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.87,0:00:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you were actually\Ntaught how to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.05,0:00:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the lesson you were being given
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.86,0:00:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was specifically teaching\Nlittle you as a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.04,0:00:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with big, wide eyes\Nand a sponge-like brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.42,0:00:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to go about\Nthe business of thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.19,0:00:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if your experience\Nwas anything like mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.74,0:00:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll probably struggle to think\Nof a single instance when that occurred.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.02,0:00:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you think about it,\Nthat's completely insane, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.40,0:00:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In at least, what, ten years\Nthat we all spend in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.10,0:00:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get taught all sorts of knowledge\Nlike, "This plus this equals that,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.49,0:00:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Such and such happened\Nin nineteen diggity two,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.83,0:00:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is great,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.01,0:01:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the actual teaching of how to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.62,0:01:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not so much, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.48,0:01:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the idea I'd like to share today
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.91,0:01:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we need to teach kids\Nhow to think, not what to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if you're unfortunate enough\Nto be talking to a conspiracy theorist,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.100,0:01:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they might tell you that the reason\Nwe're not taught how to think
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.40,0:01:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the powers that be\Ndon't want us sheeple
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.28,0:01:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waking up to their lizard people,\NGMO, chemtrail, vaccine propaganda.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.98,0:01:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.05,0:01:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.56,0:01:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I suspect the real reason is quite\Nsubstantially more boring and plausible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.62,0:01:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Sir Ken Robinson identified
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.20,0:01:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his wonderful TED Talk\Non how schools kill creativity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.43,0:01:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's just kind of how the school\Nsystem responded to industrialization,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.97,0:01:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now it's a big entrenched bureaucracy\Nand bloody hard to change, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.79,0:01:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember we set this whole\Neducation system thing up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.79,0:01:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the same time that we thought\Nhitting kids with sticks was a good idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.58,0:01:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they had a cough, we gave them\Nheroin-based cough syrup,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.30,0:02:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, with actual heroin in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.81,0:02:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, you know, admittedly was\Npretty effective at calming it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.92,0:02:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the point is that we weren't exactly\Nsophisticated in our understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.23,0:02:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, as we all know, our world\Nand our economy are changing rapidly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.65,0:02:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we approach education\Nneeds to adapt.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.78,0:02:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what's different about teaching\Nchildren how to think
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.53,0:02:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we're involving them\Nin the process of their own learning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.64,0:02:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of just telling them\Nto memorize the right answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.37,0:02:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're asking them to engage\Ntheir own minds, their own awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.65,0:02:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by questioning things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.27,0:02:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attaining understanding,\Nnot just knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.24,0:02:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that involvement,\Nthat engagement, is so important
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.42,0:02:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it keeps a spark\Nof curiosity alive
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.89,0:02:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that so often dies around the same time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.12,0:02:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that kids start resenting the kind\Nof only-one-right-answer didactic nature
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.12,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with so much schoolwork;\Nit's usually around grade 3 or 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.86,0:02:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you alight that curiosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.11,0:02:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you no longer have to push\Nknowledge on to kids
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.50,0:02:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they actually want to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.48,0:03:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no need for carrots\Nand sticks to force learning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.66,0:03:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they become self-powered,\Nnerdy, little curiosity machines.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.76,0:03:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as result of that, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.47,0:03:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are, you know, able to think\Nentirely on their own merits.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.10,0:03:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what are actually talking about here\Nwhen we say "learning how to think"?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.19,0:03:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I think part of it is creativity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.44,0:03:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But creativity isn't just\Nsome self-indulgent feely thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.57,0:03:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It largely defines us as a species.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.56,0:03:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.76,0:03:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost every great innovation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.98,0:03:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,political theory\Nor scientific breakthrough
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.23,0:03:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has sprung from creative thinking, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.26,0:03:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, from Plato to Einstein,\Nfrom agriculture to iPads,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.05,0:03:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because creative thinking is, in essence,\Nnothing more than making new connections.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.97,0:03:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to be clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.99,0:03:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I'm talking about here\Nisn't creative expression.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.03,0:03:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Art's great, but what I'm advocating\Nis less like art and more like design.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.30,0:04:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the difference between art and design
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.34,0:04:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that art is an expression,\Nwhereas design solves a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.75,0:04:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the point of teaching kids\Nhow to think creatively
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.90,0:04:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to teach them how to be adaptive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.64,0:04:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to innovate\Nin order to solve problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.83,0:04:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not sitting in a loft with red wine,\Nciggies and a black skivvy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.20,0:04:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffering the burden of no one\Nunderstanding their artistic genius,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.59,0:04:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sitting in a planning meeting,\Nor a startup incubator,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.31,0:04:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anywhere else in the real world
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.92,0:04:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that contributes\Nto our real-world economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.59,0:04:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, our schools need\Nto teach creative thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.49,0:04:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that's only half of it -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.15,0:04:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's only half of it because\Nteaching creative thinking is great,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.17,0:04:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you're just open\Nto new connections,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.66,0:04:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, you know, that's a little bit\Nof a recipe for disaster as well
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.25,0:04:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you need to keep\Nyour thinking to account.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.50,0:04:58.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never trust a brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.35,0:05:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially your own,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.12,0:05:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we are, every single one of us,\Nprone to cognitive biases,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.43,0:05:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prejudices and to the blinding effects\Nof privilege and in-group psychology.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.87,0:05:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to think of ourselves\Nas really quite objective and clever,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.50,0:05:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the unfortunate truth\Nis that we are all, to some extent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.70,0:05:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flawed, ignorant and deluded,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.70,0:05:26.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, you know, sounds not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.18,0:05:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But happily, we can do something about it\Nby learning critical thinking skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.10,0:05:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What critical thinking teaches us\Nis how to question things rigorously,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.04,0:05:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to form sound, well-reasoned,\Ncoherent thoughts and arguments
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.43,0:05:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and critically how to identify bullshit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.02,0:05:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But perhaps the most\Nimportant thing it teaches us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.02,0:05:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it's good to be wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.78,0:05:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the ideas we hold aren't us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.07,0:05:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we don't need\Nto defend them to the death,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.62,0:05:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, in fact, that we can\Nchange those ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.75,0:06:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it is absolutely\Nliberating to do so.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.66,0:06:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's something really fundamental\Nto how we approach the world
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.63,0:06:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the vulnerability and the humility
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.68,0:06:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be receptive to the idea\Nthat I might be wrong, you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.57,0:06:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's profoundly transformative.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.82,0:06:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we're trained\Nas critical thinkers,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.89,0:06:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something significant shifts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.05,0:06:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we become\Naware of our own thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.40,0:06:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why do I think this?\NHow have I come to this conclusion?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.16,0:06:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We become quite literally self-aware.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.80,0:06:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my thesis:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.12,0:06:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that creative and critical thinking\Nare two sides of the same coin,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.69,0:06:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two parts of an equation\Nthat add up to how to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.29,0:06:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's really interesting\Nis that something happens
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.15,0:06:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when our mind is trained to think\Nboth creatively and critically
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.46,0:06:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that equation adds up\Nto more than just a sum of its parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.04,0:06:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a seed of genius,\Nthere's a fertility of understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.82,0:06:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows our mind to grow\Nto such great heights
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.26,0:06:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it's able to think creatively
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.89,0:07:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in dynamic interplay\Nwith thinking critically.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.67,0:07:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When those two aspects\Nof our ability work together,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.39,0:07:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazing things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.50,0:07:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A da Vinci moment's born\Nfrom the cognitive alchemy
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.34,0:07:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a mind that is free\Nto plan and explore,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.49,0:07:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet also disciplined\Nto apply reason and rationality.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.66,0:07:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And such a mind is also\Na fortress of understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.72,0:07:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's largely impervious to the lies\Nand the nefarious manipulations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.00,0:07:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of politicians, the media\Nand the advertising industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.38,0:07:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which presents me\Nwith something of a segue.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.65,0:07:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, for the past 15 years or so,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.04,0:07:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been manipulating people into buying\Nthings that they probably don't need,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.88,0:07:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working as an advertising creative\Nin the ad industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.61,0:07:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.86,0:07:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've learned a fair bit\Nabout both creativity and bullshit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.62,0:07:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But perhaps the most\Nimportant thing I learned
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.78,0:07:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that if you want an ad to be effective,\Nyou need to create genuine engagement,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.46,0:07:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you need to do so\Nusing the power of simplicity.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.82,0:07:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can get that right,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.62,0:08:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then your ad doesn't feel\Nlike an ad anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.37,0:08:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, it feels like something\Nthat someone might actually not hate
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.70,0:08:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and possibly even want to read,\Nwatch or interact with.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.59,0:08:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, but what if we applied that same truth\Nto education instead of advertising?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.63,0:08:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we all know that making learning\Nfun and engaging is a good idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.99,0:08:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's sort of obvious,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.08,0:08:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to be blunt, there really isn't\Nmuch evidence of it in practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.71,0:08:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the reason for that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.27,0:08:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the people\Nwho design school syllabuses
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.80,0:08:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually aren't talented entertainers:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.06,0:08:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no trained designers, directors\Nor other creative professionals.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.72,0:08:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the unfortunate truth is\Nthat using Comic Sans
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.94,0:08:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and putting an illustration of a zany\Nscientist up in the corner of the page
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.54,0:08:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't actually make learning\Nall that much fun, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.97,0:08:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.96,0:08:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great example of how to do it right\Nis Horrible Histories.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.78,0:08:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the name suggests, it takes\Nall the most awful aspects of history
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.31,0:08:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and puts it into a narrative form.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.38,0:08:58.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course kids absolutely love it\Nbecause it's disgusting and fascinating.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.63,0:09:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another wonderful example\Nof how education should be engaging
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.82,0:09:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened when a scientist\Nalso happened to be a poet,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.08,0:09:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Carl Sagan didn't just\Nteach us about the cosmos;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.97,0:09:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he helped us to progress as a society,\Nhe changed how people think.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.00,0:09:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, education is the most important\Ncornerstone of civilization, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.60,0:09:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't we be making it\Nas engaging and effective as possible?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.81,0:09:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shouldn't we be applying the same rigor,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.74,0:09:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same innovation\Nthat we do to marketing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.24,0:09:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to education?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.80,0:09:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a couple of years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.48,0:09:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was teaching my own boys\Nabout logical fallacies,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.28,0:09:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an area of critical thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.30,0:09:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it occurred to me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.89,0:09:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe I could use my advertising\Npowers for good instead of evil, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.74,0:09:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.51,0:09:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, fallacies are essentially\Nlike flaws in reasoning,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.12,0:09:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted my boys to be aware\Nof some of the more common ones
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.14,0:09:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the appeal to nature fallacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.77,0:09:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But all the explanations I'd read online
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.69,0:09:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were these just impenetrably dense\Nacademic walls of text, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.43,0:09:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I did what I do at work when\NI'm given a 12-page communication strategy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.09,0:10:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I somehow have to fit\Nonto a billboard someone can read
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.90,0:10:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they're drive past in their car.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.59,0:10:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I simplified.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.60,0:10:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tried to come up with some\Nclear explanations and examples
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.51,0:10:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could about in the car\Non the way to school in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.59,0:10:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was actually a really fun exercise.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.90,0:10:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I ended up putting together a poster
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.84,0:10:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 24 of the most\Ncommon logical fallacies,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.29,0:10:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each with a single simple sentence\Nthat clearly explained the concept, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.76,0:10:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, it occurred to me
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.64,0:10:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that perhaps the same idea\Ncould work well online, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.92,0:10:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could share it with other parents,\Nteachers and the world at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.60,0:10:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, with the help\Nof some programmer friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.93,0:10:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we came up with a creative commons website\Nat yourlogicalfallacyis.com .
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.90,0:10:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea was that if you saw someone\Ncommitting a fallacy online someway,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.35,0:10:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just linked them to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.64,0:10:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If someone was\Nmisrepresenting an argument,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.11,0:10:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just linked them to\Nyourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.84,0:10:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So probably the best way to explain it\Nis to show you an example from the site.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.57,0:10:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, this one is false cause,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.19,0:10:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we presume\Nthat a relationship between things
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.02,0:10:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means that one is the cause of the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.44,0:11:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.51,0:11:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pointing to a fancy chart, Roger shows\Nhow temperatures have been rising
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.96,0:11:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the past few centuries,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.33,0:11:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whilst at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.75,0:11:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of pirates\Nhave been decreasing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.05,0:11:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus, pirates cool the world\Nand global warming is a hoax."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.35,0:11:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.37,0:11:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.32,0:11:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.37,0:11:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also made the poster available as a PDF
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.69,0:11:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that anyone could download\Nand print out for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.03,0:11:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we launched in 2012,\Nand yourlogicalfallacyis.com blew up.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.15,0:11:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was tweeted by the likes\Nof the lovely Mr. Stephen Fry, PZ Meyers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.88,0:11:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales, our own Dr. Karl,\Namong thousands of others.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.48,0:11:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was featured on sites\Nlike Boing Boing and Upworthy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.08,0:11:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,melted our servers, front-paged on Reddit,\Nattracted over 3,5 million unique visitors
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.66,0:11:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is currently the top\Nlogical fallacies site online.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.67,0:11:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.94,0:11:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's getting around 10,000\Nunique visits a day,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.34,0:11:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and most awesomely the poster\Nis currently being featured
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.50,0:11:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in may thousands of classrooms\Nand other kids' bedrooms
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.47,0:11:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.64,0:11:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you know -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.87,0:12:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.20,0:12:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.56,0:12:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.100,0:12:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that went quite well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.64,0:12:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.85,0:12:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was surprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.42,0:12:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would seem that making\Neducational resources simple, fun and free
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.77,0:12:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a good idea, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.41,0:12:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what now?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.00,0:12:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what if we did the same kind\Nof thing but on a much bigger scale?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.11,0:12:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we created a platform
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.31,0:12:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed teachers\Nto teach critical thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.70,0:12:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed any student\Nto be able to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.78,0:12:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about philosophy and creative thinking?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.81,0:12:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we created a platform\Nwhere anyone could get -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.06,0:12:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sorry -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.25,0:12:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where anyone could have access\Nto resources on thinking?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.76,0:12:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So just recently, we launched\Nthe School of Thought International,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.94,0:12:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at schoolofthought.org .
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.73,0:12:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The purpose of the School of Thought
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.11,0:13:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to help us question\Nall schools of thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.50,0:13:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it is is a\Nnot-for-profit online school
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.45,0:13:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where anyone can learn creative\Nand critical thinking skills for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.54,0:13:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The content, courses, tools, apps,\Ngames and resources that we create
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.42,0:13:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be available for everyone to use\Nunder a creative commons license,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.78,0:13:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from primary school teachers through\Nto university philosophy departments
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.56,0:13:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and any student of any age\Nanywhere in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.98,0:13:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with an Internet connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.49,0:13:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.75,0:13:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if instead\Nof flat images and walls of text
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.23,0:13:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we took the liberty\Nthat an online school can take
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.15,0:13:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created a fully immersive 3D campus
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.73,0:13:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed to be a living vision\Nof an enlightened learning utopia
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.87,0:13:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,writ large in the virtual space?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.38,0:13:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what if we could actually\Nhelp change our school system?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.50,0:13:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, why are we teaching kids what's\Non the periodic table of the elements,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.16,0:13:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're not really teaching them\Nwhy science is important,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.100,0:13:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about philosophy of science
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.40,0:13:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how to read journalism\Nwith a critical mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.59,0:13:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how taking evidence-based approaches\Nhelped take us from the Dark Ages
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.16,0:13:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this golden age of progress\Nand technological wonder?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.68,0:14:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, how many lectures\Ndoes the average student receive at school
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.16,0:14:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about following the rules?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.52,0:14:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet we don't teach them ethics.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.71,0:14:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't teach kids\Nhow to understand and internalize
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.91,0:14:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the difference between right and wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.79,0:14:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just tell them,\N"Don't do that, that's wrong,"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.09,0:14:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we yell at them\Nif they transgress.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.69,0:14:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We teach kids how to make\Nextremely ugly shorts in Home Ec.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.38,0:14:22.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.39,0:14:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But perhaps teaching them\Nabout logic and reason
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.93,0:14:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might be at least as important life skills\Nin this information age, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.37,0:14:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if schools incorporated thinking\Nas its own subject into their curricula?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.90,0:14:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that such a crazy thought?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.46,0:14:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what if we spent as much time\Nteaching kids how to think for themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.23,0:14:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we do on English,\NMath or any other subject?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.18,0:14:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only would this be great for kids\Nin all aspects of their learning in life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.92,0:14:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the future of our species,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.87,0:14:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would also mean that people\Nwith degrees in philosophy
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.62,0:14:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will finally be able to get a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.84,0:14:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.67,0:15:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.89,0:15:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.79,0:15:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're approaching perhaps\Nthe most important and volatile period
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.05,0:15:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.59,0:15:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now more than ever, we need to teach kids\Nhow to think, not what to think.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.46,0:15:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.75,0:15:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we can do things in collaboration\Nwith people like Peter Elton
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.03,0:15:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the University of Queensland's\NCritical Thinking Project
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.91,0:15:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cutting-edge who helped us\Nput together these visualizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.08,0:15:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that can be a possibility.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.97,0:15:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you find this to be\Nan idea worth spreading.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.88,0:15:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.97,0:15:37.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)