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The question is not so stupid as it looks like. Imagine I'm one of those "standard" people. I live in a rich country, say, USA. I earn a lot. I believe in: 1. Creationism. It does no harm to me. I still earn lots of money. 2. UFO abductions. Whatever, it doesn't affect my everydays life. Not at...

I know that a lot of skeptics like to believe that critical thinking exercises can help us all to determine fact from falsehood. What kind of evidence is available from studies that prove that people who practice these different critical thinking exercises are less likely to be duped by...

I once asked a philosophy professor “What is philosophy about?” He said philosophy is “radically critical self-consciousness”. This was 35 years ago. Only in the last five years have I begun to understand that statement I took a number of courses in philosophy three decades ago but it was not...

Are differences in intelligence (or different types of intelligence) between individuals in large part due to genetic difference? How about critical thought capacity specifically?

Anyone know of studies examining students who have been taught critical thinking, either by infusing critical thinking in regular classes, or by taking specific critical thinking classes?

I'm using Shermer's Weird Things to teach critical thinking and we are covering ch 3.What I need is some links to preposterous claims for students to critique. I have Penta Water and a few others, but I need some quantum morphic field resonating biomagnetic remotely viewed stuff to make the point.

Anyone able to recommend some reading material for those new to critical thinking, or those wanting to find out a bit more about it. Books or websites are fine. By "new" or "young" I mean in terms of actual experience, not biological age. I'd be grateful for any recommendations for the following...

...this significantly shorter program.

There is a general tone of sarcasm and superiority around skeptic circles. Any believer is automatically attacked and ridiculized. Why on earth do we expect them to face facts when they are diminished in such a punitive way? Are we nuts? If anything, this kind of behaviour only repels them...

Sen. Ken Toole (D - Helena) introduced this joint resolution (http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/SJ0008.htm) to the Montana State Legislature yesterday, granted, it's only a joint resolution and it probably won't pass, but it's a start: 2005 Montana Legislature SENATE JOINT...

Reuters I know things happen quickly on this board, so let me be the first to blame Bush for this accident, er, excuse me, alleged accident.

Okay folks, hard question for you. What does the phrase critical thinking mean to you? I don't want you to google for a definition. What I'm interested in is finding out what you folks think it means. When you have read the phrase in the past what meaning have you given to the words...

Excuse me while I vent, but I am getting really annoyed with people in our society who lack basic critical thinking skills. A case in point (albeit not a very good one) is my local car repair shop. Instead of trying to figure out the problem my car is apparently having with it's electrical...

Scary movies and books don’t creep me out, but here’s something that did. Allow me to explain. I’ve struggled recently w/ an undiagnosed illness. It’s been craps-ville for the ole GM of late. Lots of Dr. visits, testing, more testing, a bit of worry thrown in for good measure, etc…I...

The following text comes from Roazzi’s Spirituality of Success, a how to book about business. Roazzi tries to show that science (specifically QP) supports the Science of Success. All grammar errors are his. He quotes physicist John Wheeler to support the claim that you can chart your destiny...

Hey, all... Maybe this should go in the Arts & Lit section, but I am in need of lots and lots of critical-type thought here, so hopefully this thread's presence on this page will help things in that regard. Okay. So, in the second half of the twentieth century especially, art--and, especially...

I don't think that I have a good definition readily available and it seems that there is some confusion toward what critical thought is. I think critical thought should be dispassionate, objective, open-minded, and methodical evaluation of given premises to form a conclusion. Further, in...

Hi All Towards the end of last year Richard Saunders informed you of our efforts to take critical thinking into the science classrooms by creating a school science show called Mystery Investigators. We look at paranormal claims, reproduce them, and use these claims in a fun way to demonstrate...

Clarke more or less admitted that the United States Government consistently spins information released to the public to manipulate our opinion. This is in direct contradiction to foundation of a democratic society and the marketplace of ideas. In other words, what is the point of a democratic...

After a bit of planning, I have finally opened the Church of Critical Thinking. The Church of CT aims to take the rather successful model of a Church (with sermons, missions, a congregation, etc) and apply it to spreading the word about Critical Thinking. It is my opinion that too many of...

In [url = http://www.randi.org/jr/020604monk.html#7]his lastest commentry[/url] Randi comments on a failed test for homeopathy. Well, I'm no believer in homeopathy, but I do believe in giving extraordinary claims a fair test. With just a little bit of logical thought, it is obvious that the...

I have currently began writing a speech on Skepticism and Critical Thinking, it is being written for a 4th period Forensics class. To clear up the immediate question that has formed in your head, "Forensics" has nothing to do with dead bodies, instead it is "competitive speech writing and...

Hello All, I'm doing a research paper on how and why critical thinking should be taught in schools. I would like to know if any of you teachers out here would like to be and interviewee for my project. It wouldn't take too much time, and correspondence would be by e-mail, as that is easiest...

I'm very depressed today about the state of critical thinking as shown here at the JREF forums. Time and time again people who ought to know better are stuck in the rhetorical mud, making fools of themselves, and in utter and complete, bulletproof denial of the fact. What hope is there when...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&ncid=514&e=9&u=/ap/20030702/ap_on_re_us/revolutionary_spies Military forces did not heed intelligence of enemy activity (which turned out to be accurate), leading to a military embarrassment.

I have found that many that misunderstand the skeptical mindset believe that if one comes to a conclusion, they aren't excercising their critical thinking skills, and that they aren't a "true skeptic." I am sure many of us could wax poetically on why this is or isn't true, which is why I want...