For years I used to have a lack of critical thinking myself. I used to believe many things which had little evidence or truth behind them. These beliefs led me to decisions which did not turn out to my favor. Eventually I discovered critical thinking and changed my life for the better. Now I choose what I believe in with much more care. Make better, more informed decisions and enjoy the results. Yet it doesn’t take much time to see that many people still fail to separate true information from false. That’s why I created the Practical Critical Thinkers channel.
If you are looking for a critical thinking channel - look no more and let's create a culture of practical thinking together!
In this channel you will learn what is critical thinking, various critical thinking skills, find critical thinking exercises, learn how to use critical thinking in a debate, learn about the best critical thinking books out there, find critical thinking tutorials what results a lack of critical thinking has and much more.
Before you say something as a fact, stop and consider how you say it. Often we say something
as a fact without any disclaimers, doubts or leaving a way out for ourselves. For example,
today, while boiling eggs, I was about to say to my girlfriend, did you know that eggs boil
for a different amount of time in different altitudes? Then I stopped and asked myself,
how do I know this? I realized that once when I was living in Switzerland, a woman told me this
while we were boiling eggs at a mountain house. That's the only reason I presumed it's true.
Is it though? Maybe. Am I sure that the woman had the right facts herself? Nope. Now before
saying this quote on quote fact to my girlfriend, I could go online and do some fact checking,
but I also have another choice. Instead of saying it as a fact, I decided to say,
have you ever heard that eggs boil for a different amount of time in different altitudes?
It's a small change, but a big difference. Now I present this unchecked idea in a way,
which makes a hint that I am not certain of it myself. This will likely prevent my
girlfriend from going to others and continuing to pass it on as an unchecked fact too.
When I say it in this way, I also give myself space to be corrected. Maybe my GF heard something
else. I encourage her to debate and to be curious together. And most importantly, I don't make myself
believe something without checking it, by telling it as a fact. Instead, I open up the way to
question my own knowledge. I could even say, a woman once told me that eggs boil for a different
amount of time in different altitudes. It sounds cool, right? I wonder if it's true.
For more critical thinking tips, click here on this playlist that the red arrow points to.
This is Rokas of Critical Thinkers and let's keep creating a culture of critical thinking together.
