Quote from: K-Dog on Jul 29, 2025, 05:52 AMCritical thinking isn't just 'deduced' it requires breaking social conditioning.I can agree with that. But that doesn't require being taught, some can be led to it by circumstance. I can actually name the 11 month time span when I acquired it. It was primarily related to learning statistics and their use in...everything.
Quote from: K-DogFor critical thinking to be deduced a person would have to experience a 'social contradiction' as significant personal experience.Yes! This is true. I was told something was true by a national expert. And I asked the question..."is it?". And then demonstrated that PhD's put their pants on one leg at a time like everyone else and might not know dick even within their own specialty.
And then this made be cocky and I began thinking this way everywhere, including peak oil. The world is much simpler when you have the ability to demystify it in real time.
Can't say I apply it much to social/relative/poltical circumstances though. Too much "it is half a dozen, not 6!" type nonsense.