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> Critical thinking Most people consider themselves critical thinkers, but subconsciously apply a bias on the sources they read. For instance they would go to
by Aperocky 5y ago
> Critical thinking
Most people consider themselves critical thinkers, but subconsciously apply a bias on the sources they read.
For instance they would go to depth on and apply every single possible suspicion on news that are against their perception, or failing that, just simply labeling it as 'false news'. At the same time, news or information that conforms to their bias are accepted as truth usually without any questions asked.
It's alarming because most of the time it is worth a lot more to think critically of the news that conforms to what you believe - because you are already critical of those that are against it by default. That is what true critical thinking is.
- zeruch 5y agoEveryone applies bias at some level, period. That said, the threshold for lazy loading bias can be significantly different for people, and trying to become a Vulcan-Mentat combo might not be the most ideal goal. Actually applying some real rigor and not just resorting to convenient heuristics (e.g. "Western media", "MSM" , "leftist" or "rightist" or several other "ists" reflexively) usually is a good start. " most of the time it is worth a lot more to think critically of the news that conforms to what you believe" Agreed.