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 Critical thinking    | |
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| The ability to question and reason, rather than simply accept information one is provided. |
Critical thinking is a vital component of intellect.
Proponents
John Taylor Gatto emphasised thinking critical among his pupils.
Decline
Teaching ethics to undergrads in 2025 is bizarre, because:
1) They insist morality is entirely relative and culturally constructed...
2) ...while simultaneously holding unshakeable ethical convictions and viewing disagreement as moral monstrosity.
~ Henry Shevlin @dioscuri on Twitter.
1) They insist morality is entirely relative and culturally constructed...
2) ...while simultaneously holding unshakeable ethical convictions and viewing disagreement as moral monstrosity.
~ Henry Shevlin @dioscuri on Twitter.
In the last few decades school has been used to reduce critical thinking of children[1] even while paying lip service to it.
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