> Critical thought requires not only analyzing a position from contrary points of view I don't disagree with you, I'm just stopping right here. Like you said,

> Critical thought requires not only analyzing a position from contrary points of view I don't disagree with you, I'm just stopping right here. Like you said, it's a requirement. So contrarians are more likely to have it. It's just a technical truth. It doesn't mean they're more likely to be right or that they have a better grip on reality. They just have one of the prerequisites, so they're more likely to have the thing.