Crtitical thinking
Knowledge + attitude toward knowledge (curiosity)
Barriers - low intelligence, poor education, reliance on gossip
Basic biology, chemistry, physics, math (probability)
Formal reasoning
Geography, history, politics, current affairs (culture dependent)
Breadth of interests
Identify reliable info, recognize nonsense, classify sources
Critical thinking peers
Four stages of competence (Dunning-Kruger)
Illusion of explanatory depth
Metacognition
Is current knowledge a roadblock to improved understanding?
Do I know enough? If not how do I find out?
When is quick thinking insufficient
Identifying variables
Distinguishing correlation from cause
Avoiding bias
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