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In reply to the discussion: What is "critical thinking"? [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)36. Agree, but I think it is getting a little better since the advent of DU3 & the jury system. nt
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All of this, plus a willingness to change your position when presented with new information. n/t
winter is coming
Jan 2013
#17
The Texas Board of Education declined entering it into their curriculum. Probably because of its
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#6
The Jeopardy Answer, Sir, to 'What Are People Who Vote Republican Utterly Incapable Of?'
The Magistrate
Jan 2013
#12
Among other things, it is supposed to mean the ability to separate fact from opinion
duffyduff
Jan 2013
#14
I think of critical thinking as applying the scientific method to the world & ideas around you.
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#16
Conceptualizing through reason supported by facts. The capacity to separate what is from
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#18
Critical Thinking is hard to find here IMHO (And I love DU). Typically, most people
Laura PourMeADrink
Jan 2013
#23
Agree, but I think it is getting a little better since the advent of DU3 & the jury system. nt
patrice
Jan 2013
#36
I like your suggestion; it's kind of like "mechanical aptitude" but it's "cognitive aptitude"
patrice
Jan 2013
#35
Your OP itself offers an example of 'critical thinking' which begins
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#37
It takes mechanical aptitude to put the engine back together. It takes critical thinking
dimbear
Jan 2013
#42
Willingness to make questioning everything and consumption of data standard operating procedure
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#44