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> critical thinking is virtually useless if you don't actually know anything. One of the best ways to learn new things is by reading.
by JackFr 8y ago
> critical thinking
is virtually useless if you don't actually know anything. One of the best ways to learn new things is by reading.
- always_good 8y agoI don't think so. Reading is just consumption. You don't have to do any critical thinking, just have an imagination. Though even that's optional. Critical thinking comes from problem solving, something a book certainly lacks.
- sidlls 8y agoA very narrow, specific kind of critical thinking comes from problem solving. Reading critically is a thing, and certainly part of being a well-rounded critical thinker.
- mirimir 8y agoYou can't solve problems without knowing stuff. At least, unless you want to reinvent necessary background. Yes, one can read without doing any critical thinking. But scientific and technical literature invite it. And indeed, require it for real comprehension. Good fiction, too.
- amp108 8y ago> Reading is just consumption. You don't have to do any critical thinking If that were true, you would believe anything and everything you read. I doubt that, barring Trump tweets, I will read a more ignorant statement all week.
- hfdgiutdryg 8y agoStop taking such an absurdly uncharitable interpretation of what people are writing. This is HN, don't assume others are idiots and then move on from there.