Critical Skills!

Why are some people more religious than others? Answers to this question often focus on the role of culture or upbringing.  While these influences are important, new research suggests that whether we believe may also have to do with how much we rely on intuition versus analytical thinking. In 2011 Amitai Shenhav, David Rand and […]

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Read this – think about the fact that you’ve been a part of the destruction of truth. Orwell didn’t forsee that the common man and woman would embrace doublethink as enthusiastically as the intellectuals and, without the need for terror or torture, would choose to believe that two plus two was whatever they wanted it […]

The effort to get a message across to a listener depends on three important things: The quality of the information on which the message is based; The process by which the information is analyzed; The effectiveness by which the message is communicated. Put another way, in order to get your message across, you must employ […]

“P” implies “Q.” This is the essence of Critical Thinking. “P” is your hypothesis . . . your facts or your findings. If “P” is TRUE, then your conclusion can be TRUE. If “P” is NOT TRUE, then your conclusion can be EITHER TRUE OR NOT TRUE. It can be whatever you want it to […]