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Debunker Club Book Discussion — The Knowledge Illusion

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The Debunker Club — where I am an organizer — is sponsoring a members-only Book Group Discussion of The Knowledge Illusion — by Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach.

This book is fascinating, laying out the argument that human cognition, because it is so resource intensive, is something that we humans tend to offload to others. That is, we have a tendency to avoid the hard work of learning when we can rely on simple heuristics or objects in our environment to inform our actions or other people who have more knowledge.

The book’s discussions are focused on knowledge, and have great relevance to those of us in the learning field.

If you’re a Debunker Club member, please join the community book discussion group starting tomorrow January 11th. You can join the discussion by clicking here.

Note: The Discussion will unfold over several months asynchronously and chapter by chapter so people from around the world can easily join. Don’t worry if you haven’t read the book yet. Grab it and join us.

If you’re not a member, it’s easy to join The Debunker Club. You can join by clicking here.

More information about The Debunker Club can be found by clicking here. We have over 800 members from around the world dedicated to eliminating learning myths and sharing evidence-based practices.

Debunker Club Webinar with Clark Quinn

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The Debunker Club, with over 600 members devoted to squashing the myths in the learning field, is offering a FREE webinar with noted author and learning guru Dr. Clark Quinn on myths and misconceptions in the learning field, based on his new book, just released last month, Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions: Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions. (available from Amazon here).

DATE:

  • June 6th

TIME:

  • 10AM (San Francisco, USA)
  • 1PM (New York, USA)
  •  6PM (London, UK)
  • 10:30PM (Mumbai, India)
  • 3AM June 7th (Sydney, Australia)

REGISTER NOW:

Debunker Club Social Gathering at ATD 2018

In San Diego on Tuesday Morning May 8th at 7AM!

With Special Guest! (Revealed Below)

ATD is holding its annual conference starting this weekend in San Diego. On Tuesday morning (May 8), I’m going to convene us debunkers for a brief social gathering over coffee at Copa Vida, just a few short blocks from the San Diego Convention Center.

Come join me for coffee and caffeinated conversation…just for the fun of it.

We had a great gathering at the ISPI conference in Seattle a few weeks ago. Great conversation, friendly, low key, just a little debunking. Let’s do it again!

JOIN the GATHERING:

  • 7AM to 7:50AM
  • At Copa Vida, 905 J St, San Diego, CA 92101
    Ninth is the nearest cross street.
  • Feel free to join whether you’re attending the ATD conference or not…
  • Look for me, Will Thalheimer

Special Guest at our gathering:

Clark Quinn, author of the brand new debunking book:

Millennials, Goldfish & Other Training Misconceptions: Debunking Learning Myths and Superstitions

Join The Debunker Club in Gathering Intel on Neuroscience-and-Learning

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Neuroscience and Learning

The Debunker Club, formed to fight myths and misconceptions in the learning field, is currently seeking public comment on the possibility that so-called neuroscience-based recommendations for learning and education are premature, untenable, or invalid.

 

Click here to comment or review the public comments made so far…

 

Click here to join The Debunker Club…

 

Open Letter to Magazine Editors, Bloggers, Tweeters, and Other Opinion Leaders

To Magazine Editors, Bloggers, Tweeters, and other Opinion Leaders in the learning field:

I’m wondering if you’d help publicize The Debunkers Club (www.Debunker.Club)

Launched just two months ago, we’ve already enrolled members from every continent except for Antarctica and South America.

The Debunker Club is dedicated to fighting myths and misconceptions in the learning field. In the past, individuals and organizations have taken on the responsibility of improving the information in the field, but still, bad information—sometimes dangerous information—continues to be conveyed.

The Debunker Club is taking a more proactive approach, hoping that we can make more of a difference. To check out the types of motivations that inspire members of The Debunker Club, we have a webpage that highlights their testimony.

I’d especially like you to publicize our upcoming April Fool’s Week, a week dedicated to debunking the myths in our field, one at a time. You can read about it here: http://www.debunker.club/april-fools-week.html

Thank you for considering this request!

We need your help! We're all in this together!

 

= Will Thalheimer

Organizer of The Debunker Club