Tag: logic
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Critical Thinking Skill #1: Test “Big Words”

A while ago, I started a train of thought about Critical Thinking. Since the last one, I have been occupied with my current novel, Breaking Free, and haven’t been back to it since. There is no idea that is so complicated that it cannot be explained simply, with simple words arranged in easy sentences. When…
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“Beliefs” are not shadowy ghosts.
But what is a “belief”? What form do they take? Nobody explained that bit. I had an idea that they were somehow like dreams, all shadowy and shifty, and they hung around at the bottom of the subconscious ocean like underwater ghosts.
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Critical Thinking Is Not An Advanced Skill

there is no idea in the world so complicated that it cannot be explained with easy words in easy sentences.
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The Bell and the Hammer – How to Test Ideas

The upcoming posts will focus on “Critical Thinking,” highlighting a lack of critical thinking education among teenagers in Australia. The author intends to teach six essential skills for testing ideas. Using an anecdote about buying a bell for Mother’s Day, the writer illustrates the importance of discerning true from false beliefs.
