Critical thinking talk
Critical thinking talk

What is critical thinking? It's the way I think.

Different concepts of critical thinking

Domain specific knowledge, problem of bounded rationality.

Availability heuristic, content dependency.

Background in basic physics, biology and chemistry.

Breadth of knowledge, metacognition

Barriers - low intelligence, poor education, reliance on gossip

Illusion of explanatory depth

Ability to use formal reasoning

Distinguishing between reasoning and rationalizing.

Motivated reasoning, anchoring effect, confirmation bias

Reliance on stories, anecdotal evidence.

What is anecdotal evidence?

Reliance on personal experience, personal interpretation.

Dunning Kruger effect, the 4 stages of competence.

Why advertisers don't appeal to logic

Learn from education

Learn from hanging around critical thinkers

Learn from inherent curiosity