PHILOSOPHY DISCUSSION GROUP FOR 50+ FOLKS
Details
Discussion will focus on The Four Horsemen of Our Cognitive Apocalypse: Motivated Reasoning,
the Backfire Effect, Creeping Normalcy, and Prevalence-Induced Concept Change.
I saw four short videos, and decided to group them together under that heading. This should be a lively session. Here's what we will cover:
- Review: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9cjBh4fh6B0](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fshorts%2F9cjBh4fh6B0&key=498b6e549d468e4433484d8d6a3a349d46251002 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fshorts%2F9cjBh4fh6B0&key=498b6e549d468e4433484d8d6a3a349d46251002") 2min
2. Motivated reasoning
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPU_K8rhpjc](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRPU_K8rhpjc&key=768da186467765a239ba128e99fb4a069ee7fd79 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRPU_K8rhpjc&key=768da186467765a239ba128e99fb4a069ee7fd79") 3min
[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fxcrp0fqPsU](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fshorts%2FFxcrp0fqPsU&key=a5f2c4796fc47381ff1919d92b648229a49dc2b0 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fshorts%2FFxcrp0fqPsU&key=a5f2c4796fc47381ff1919d92b648229a49dc2b0") 3min - The Backfire Effect
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sifmvlwxiOQ](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsifmvlwxiOQ&key=6a7939637c88a3b1cd203cf7cd0ee7c6246f5a33 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsifmvlwxiOQ&key=6a7939637c88a3b1cd203cf7cd0ee7c6246f5a33") 2min
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKoSFtvzOaY](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFKoSFtvzOaY&key=57bfb1036192ae92c588188399b93e8707b7b90d "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFKoSFtvzOaY&key=57bfb1036192ae92c588188399b93e8707b7b90d") 5min
4. Bypassing to counter the Backfire Effect?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6-doqA1TYw](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dq6-doqA1TYw&key=6dbf44a8f5ec0b4a81caa4f74bc75ac15b649e11 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dq6-doqA1TYw&key=6dbf44a8f5ec0b4a81caa4f74bc75ac15b649e11") 2min
5. Creeping Normalcy
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dlbEQXtBD4](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1dlbEQXtBD4&key=5ff3039d301cd1877e327aeb64e2846cd699e554 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1dlbEQXtBD4&key=5ff3039d301cd1877e327aeb64e2846cd699e554") 2min
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZOBfhRftrg](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYZOBfhRftrg&key=c0d1f49ea90516a5a32a18edea698e5f00de99a0 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYZOBfhRftrg&key=c0d1f49ea90516a5a32a18edea698e5f00de99a0") 3min
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQPKKQnijnsM&key=1295ab5bc13c4d28ec1dc397fedc51c325891097 "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQPKKQnijnsM&key=1295ab5bc13c4d28ec1dc397fedc51c325891097") 6min
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0e4FoYIknQ](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df0e4FoYIknQ&key=0bba80011cb1060d5e255f2a57239857f9afea7e "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df0e4FoYIknQ&key=0bba80011cb1060d5e255f2a57239857f9afea7e") 3min
6. Prevalence Induced Concept Change
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VksaC2TSrUs](https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVksaC2TSrUs&key=999889870bb320aadd9a7b8456922dc27c60b20c "https://endlesssurfdude_gmail_com-dot-mmanalytics2.appspot.com/em_gBpy91XsTdOaBYjaMbkj?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVksaC2TSrUs&key=999889870bb320aadd9a7b8456922dc27c60b20c") 4min
Gee whilikers, this will be a packed and VERY INTERESTING session! I hope you all can make it!
Even though few MeetUp people sign up, we typcally get 20-30 people in the discussion group. Here's the scoop. When you are over 50 years old, lots of weird and strange things happen and it's a great time to think about WHAT IT ALL MEANS.
In this discussion group, we will discuss a variety of philosophy topics, and try to understand how they affect our lives.
This will be low key: lots of talking, not much lecturing, and the concepts will be made easy. It will be FUN! I promise or your money back! Except it's free anyway!
We'll talk about cool things like Plato's allegory of the cave, the Myth of Sisyphus, and ALL SORTS of topics. Ovens will be available so we can BAKE OUR OWN PHILOSOPHY! I mean, conceptually.