The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Become better at arguing! We dive into the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy and show you who to avoid it. Watch the entire Fallacy playlist: http://bit.ly/1wpuCcU ASSETS: :27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNmsVl4xkhg :44 http://mikeurbonas.com/2010/12/02/slow-down-cowboy-how-bi-users-can-avoid-the-texas-sharpshooter-fallacy/ 2:08 http://tribalinsight.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/beware-the-confirmation-bias/ 2:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPEg0uPUdgQ ----------------------------------------­---------------------------- MUSIC: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Level 5" by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm) "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Number Cruncher" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Little Birthday Acid" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Topskore" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Anti Vanishing Spray" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Tarty Prash" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Uptown Tennis Club" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Dream Of Autumn" by Night Shift Master https://soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter-... "Insert Toy For Coin" by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/) "Dizor" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... "Lets go back to the rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... "Something like this" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- TRANSLATE THINGS @ http://ideachannel.subtitl.us Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com) Want some more Idea Channel? YULE TUBE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TyyYkY-1z0 Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning Routines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GygHIWc0WbM Is Over the Garden Wall About Having Faith? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9WwVxGvDwI How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0kQhM6bUh0