Optical Illusion: Only a real master chef can tell who is cooking wrong in this picture https://www.diningandcooking.com/2088103/optical-illusion-only-a-real-master-chef-can-tell-who-is-cooking-wrong-in-this-picture/ #CognitiveAbilities #Cooking #CookingMistakes #CriticalThinking #MasterChef #OpticalIllusion #SpotTheMistake #VisualSpatialReasoning

If you are interested in #CriticalThinking you should know about https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ and https://yourbias.is/

But also, if you would prefer some videos as an initial primer instead of "boring" reading, you might check out: https://www.youtube.com/@FramingLogic

"For the children" might be the most dangerous phrase in politics.

Not because protecting children is bad, but because it shuts down critical thinking by making dissent seem immoral.

This psychological manipulation has justified surveillance laws, censorship, and policy overreach for decades.

Essential listening: https://bit.ly/4kdkjqK

Thesis: an initial idea or proposition is presented
Antithesis: opposing or contradictory ideas are considered, and the limitations and flaws of the thesis are highlighted
Synthesis: the insights and perspectives of both the thesis and antithesis are integrated, resulting in a refined or revised understanding

How to find success with the 4 conditions of “intelligent failure” – Big Think…

“It is natural to want to avoid failure. But when we avoid failure, we also avoid discovery and accomplishment.” #criticalthinking #decisionmaking

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/05/22/how-to-find-success-with-the-4-conditions-of-intelligent-failure-big-think-2/

@edutooters

We use AI to think less. Cogitation is costly; so:
• the more we use AI,
• the more we offload processing,
• the less we ponder,
• the shallower our thinking becomes.

References: http://data.yt/kit/how-ai-is-made.html#how-to-use-ai

How much does #criticalThinking matter to kids' #edu performance?

From 4th to 6th grade, "academic achievement and critical thinking ...predicted each other [to similar degrees] controlling for ...cognitive ability", which was less predictive (N = 160).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102666

"Here we finally have it: when the critics accuse the university of being some kind of Marxist indoctrination factory, they do not mean that the university is breeding actual Marxists. They believe that too many people come out of college believing that oppression is real and that it is wrong. That’s how DeLuz can call the Palestine protests the product of Marxist indoctrination. But the truth is that people join these protests because they see something happening that horrifies them: the killing of tens of thousands of people by a heavily-armed military backed by the world’s most powerful country. It’s true that this bears a resemblance to Marxism in the sense that Marx, too, looked out at his time and saw a horror: people toiling themselves to death in the “dark Satanic mills” of the British industrial system, people who did almost nothing in their lives but work and whose bodies and minds were being destroyed to produce profit. He saw oppression, just as people look at Palestine today and see oppression. But one needs no “indoctrination” in order to perceive that reality. All it takes is an open mind and a bit of learning, which can be a very dangerous thing to those who would prefer we swallow whatever dogmas we grew up with."

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-myth-of-the-marxist-university

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/may-17-why-the-information-age-seems-so-overwhelming-and-more-1.7536084

The segment on "Why the information age seems so overwhelming" is excellent. All this material will not be a surprise to anyone who done any study of critical thinking but it's lovely to hear this on the CBC. Have a listen and I'd love to hear your thoughts!

One of the sound bites YES! "We are all susceptible" all of us.
Education!!

I just realized some people treat #science like they treat a #religion. Including claiming/pretending to be part of it with all the "proper procedure" but without the critical thinking #criticalthinking mentality or understanding that #research with unexpected or wrong results is also science if done properly, and if wrong should be (easily) criticized or disproved, and if unknown could be further researched, which is again science.
Any religious attitude towards it is problematic.

"My pessimism regarding what may come by 2035 arises from the recent and likely future developments of AI, machine learning, LLMs, and other (quasi-) autonomous systems. Such systems are fundamentally undermining the opportunities and affordances needed to acquire and practice valued human virtues.

“This will happen in two ways: first, patterns of deskilling, i.e., the loss of skills, capacities, and virtues essential to human flourishing and robust democratic societies, and then, second, patterns of no-skilling, the elimination of the opportunities and environments required for acquiring such skills and virtues in the first place."

https://imaginingthedigitalfuture.org/we-fall-in-love-with-the-technologies-of-our-enslavement-the-next-generation-may-be-one-of-no-skilling-in-regard-to-essential-human-virtue-ethics/

Do chatbots hinder #criticalThinking?

Contrary to fallacious causal conclusions drawn from correlational studies, this experiment found a scripted chatbot increased correct #factChecking solutions compared to unassisted students (N = 156).

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2025.100160

Can group work/discussion cultivate #criticalThinking?

General #surgery trainees randomly assigned to team-based learning (rather than traditional curricula) had better reflection test scores (n = 36).

Preprint: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6439748/v1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2NXHxtBo6M
#media #criticalthinking #society #pope

Recognize that teaching "the standards" can sometimes feel like teaching artificial limits. Educators must use care in setting the bounds of knowledge, balancing standards with potential restrictions on students. #EducationalStandards #CriticalThinking

The rules change when the people in charge are deliberately creating chaos and noise..

Here are six habits from Benjamin Wittes for staying sane during "the screaming"

People who think critically end up becoming atheists (or agnostics).