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HOW TO THINK CRITICALLY
"Thinking is hard work; that's why so few do it."

Scientist Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

"Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man."

"Principles of Social Reconstruction" by Bertrand Russell (1916)

"You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."

Morpheus to Neo in "The Matrix" (1999)

"Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question."

"21 Lessons For The 21st Century" by Yuval Noah Harari (2018)

Introduction

How to question the news

Critical thinking techniques

What to beware of

How to think about statistics

Conclusion

Further reading

Links:
Why people believe weird things click here
The Skeptic's Dictionary click here
An Encyclopedia of Errors of Reasoning click here

ROGER DARLINGTON

Last modified on 5 April 2023

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