A Logical Take

Leadership

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on October 25, 2024

What psychological traits define fascism? How do leaders manipulate followers through nostalgia, violence, and black-and-white thinking?

Magical Thinking

The UFO Movie: Examining the Criticisms

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on November 2, 2023

Just like Stargate, the government's research into psychic powers in the 1970s and 1980s, the UAP Task Force is a waste of money.

Magical Thinking

The UFO Movie They Don’t Want You to See

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on November 1, 2023

To prove a claim true, you must try to prove it false; when it comes to UFO sightings, the UAP Task Force is not designed to do that.

Magical Thinking

Why You Should Doubt the New "Evidence" About Aliens and UFOs

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on July 31, 2023

So many convincing pieces of "absolute" evidence of aliens on Earth have been debunked, it's easy to lose count. Don't expect David Grusch's to be any different.

Environment

Why the Fusion Breakthrough Could Make Climate Change Worse

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on December 16, 2022

Future green energy fusion reactors won’t do us any good if we ruin the Earth (or go extinct) before we have the ability to build them.

Pregnancy

The Trouble With Vaccine Hesitancy

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on August 18, 2021

A Personal Perspective: Examining the argument of my body, my choice.

Ethics and Morality

My Body, My Choice: Examining the Anti-Vax Argument

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on August 16, 2021

A Personal Perspective: Is "my body, my choice" a legitimate argument for not getting vaccinated? Or does the fact that you are legally allowed to do something not entail that it is rational or moral?

Smoking

The Logic of the COVID “Lab Leak" Hypothesis

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on May 26, 2021

For some, the "origin" of COVID (near the Wuhan lab) and the three hospitalized Wuhan lab workers are the smoking guns that prove COVID leaked out of a lab. They're not.

Media

False Equivalence: Election Unrest in 2020 vs. 2016

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on November 17, 2020

There is a huge difference between “Not My President” and “Not The President.”

President Donald Trump

No, Mail-In Voter Fraud Is Not Rampant. It's Rare.

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on October 22, 2020

Unsuccessful attempts at voter fraud cannot be evidence of successful attempts at voter fraud. To think otherwise commits what is called the fallacy of “missing the point.”

Attention

Equivocating on "The Peaceful Transition of Power"

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on October 8, 2020

Equivocation is often used to make weak arguments look strong, but it can also be used as a distraction, a red herring, to deflect criticism.

Intelligence

Analogy, Insulting Hypocrisy, and Supreme Court Nominations

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on September 29, 2020

The arguments for nominating a Supreme Court Justice in 2020, despite what happened in 2016, are an insult to our collective intelligence.

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Herman Cain's Death, RCTs, and the Mask Debate

David Kyle Johnson Ph.D. on July 30, 2020

Herman Cain's death after attending a rally where no one wore masks might not teach us much; but it might teach us more than most randomized controlled trials on masks do.