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