Post by Center for Inquiry

Could you tell the difference between evidence and bullshit? Carl Sagan believed critical thinking should be an everyday skill, not just something practiced by scientists. Thirty years after The Demon-Haunted World, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci revisits Sagan's famous Baloney Detection Kit, examining which principles remain essential, where nuance has been added, and why evidence-based reasoning matters even more in an era of algorithms, misinformation, and manufactured certainty. A thoughtful reflection on one of skepticism's most enduring frameworks: https://lnkd.in/eEau2zYY And a reminder that changing your mind in light of evidence is kind of the point. #CriticalThinking #CarlSagan #Skepticism #ScienceLiteracy #MediaLiteracy #ScienceCommunication