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I remember reading an experiment where they gave first-year undergrads a critical thinking test based on a text. Then gave the same text/test to graduating und
by bgroat 5y ago
I remember reading an experiment where they gave first-year undergrads a critical thinking test based on a text.
Then gave the same text/test to graduating undergrads.
The thesis being that they just spent 4 years being trained in how to critically think and analyze a text.
There was no difference in their performance
- WalterBright 5y agoI know many well educated STEM professionals who rigorously apply critical thinking skills to their profession. They use the scientific method to discern truth from nonsense. Outside of their profession, they uncritically accept silly ideas as the truth and throw all logic and reason out the window.