Blog: Critical Thinking vs. Denialism - 2017-07-13

Critical Thinking vs. Denialism July 13, 2017, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large

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The subject of critical thinking is important. It's important enough that it drives all of science and discovery and has given our modern culture great power and ability. Everything we have that makes our life easier and better: our technology, our system of government, our entire way of life, is founded on good critical thinking that was and is done by very smart people. It's important that we have a clear understanding of what critical thinking is, but it's also important that we show what it's not. Just because someone says they are a critical thinker doesn't mean they are. This is a label that actually means something. So let's talk about this.

What do all of these things have in common:

Global conspiracy theories