How Trump is attacking critical thinking in order to manipulate us.

[Luckyone]

You people can't brag about your deeds...lol

I don't know who you are referring to when you say "you people". I personally have a lot that I can brag about, given that I have accomplished almost all my goals in life.

If you mean the left, you are also wrong given that the data does not support your view:

and as far as Biden is concerned, he does not have a perfect record but he did a few things right. To begin with, racism did not exist in cabinet, meaning everyone was represented under his presidency

In addition, he did this:

 

[irosie91]

then dispute the article itself point by point, instead of just giving your opinion.

It is to be expected that those that fall into the category of Trump's could, would think like you do!

there's lots of point----it would take all day-----you jump to conclusions----
in a minute I will extract some points

 

[Luckyone]

there's lots of point----it would take all day-----you jump to conclusions----
in a minute I will extract some points

I have lived a very full and highly educated-by-life's-experiences life, and have always been a seeker of truth, starting by looking at myself first. I have also been an avid reader and have always had a desire to become a better person. I state all of this because to me, the video/article is 100% on the dot and none of it is propaganda or biased toward anyone.

 

[Luckyone]

Examples of democrat critical thinking.
There are as many genders as you want.
Woman cant be defined but a man can change into one.
In Chicago this weekend 57 people shot 9 killed the Governor claims they dont have crime problem in need of help
This is normal speech

Wow, talk about deflecting away from the OP.

You win 1st prize for that soapbox reply

 

[Luckyone]

You don't want folks to take that first link seriously do you? Is this thread intended as satire?

Talk about racism, you take the prize for that.

Evidently, you think gayness means that a person is dumb, right?

 

[Luckyone]

Critical thinking is the product of experience, not education. Critical thinking cannot be taught, it must be learned.

It is both. Education and reading opens the door for critical thinking to occur, given that it gives you topics, instances, history, etc., that you would not normally be involved with. For example, if you grew up in a racist community that from childhood you were taught that Blacks are bad people, and you never left that community, your experiences would not teach you anything other than that. Nonetheless, if you read about the history of slavery and injustices done to Black people, your experiences would likely make you see things differently.

Education also expands your mind given that information is put into that you would not normally run into in your life.

As another example, if you did not read about the Constitution and the fight that occurred with Britain to gain our freedom and our Democratic values, your experiences would not give you any input into your brain about those principles.

 

[Luckyone]

Not to say that Democrats/liberals/leftists are incapable of critical thinking but over the last year or so I've noticed that many on the left confuse education with critical thinking. They are not the same. Being educated is simply attaining knowledge. Critical thinking is a process by which one approaches an issue or question by looking at it from many perspectives to logically and objectively consider all possibilities and answers.

In my experience, people on the left - including those with college educations - are no better at critical thinking than anyone else. One only has to look at how some approach conservative/Republican views on things like illegal immigration and other "woke" issues to see this is the case. For too many, the only possible answer for opposition to illegal immigration is racism.

The reality of what is happening to our nation is that both sides are shifting to the extremes. That is more true with the Right than the Left but true nonetheless.

When talking about critical thinking, it is not a political event but a human event. It is a problem that has come about in our times because of advent of media, social websites (such as Facebook and Instagram) and television, which has caused us to see what others think, believe and experience but in a biased way. If we don't make the effort to do the needed research to seek the truth, we believe what we see and hear, which means critical thinking departs from our brain.

 

[irosie91]

I have lived a very full and highly educated-by-life's-experiences life, and have always been a seeker of truth, starting by looking at myself first. I have also been an avid reader and have always had a desire to become a better person. I state all of this because to me, the video/article is 100% on the dot and none of it is propaganda or biased toward anyone.

try taking another look at the crap you cited-----it starts off with IDIOT MANIPULATION---
a RAT---is "talking" to an audience of poor innocent lambs. Excellent josef goebbels level

 

[Luckyone]

Libtards don't know anything about critical thinking.

Far Righters don't know anything about critical thinking.

Trump cult has thrown critical thinking into the garbage, given that they blindly believe what Trump says

 

[irosie91]

The reality of what is happening to our nation is that both sides are shifting to the extremes. That is more true with the Right than the Left but true nonetheless.

When talking about critical thinking, it is not a political event but a human event. It is a problem that has come about in our times because of advent of media, social websites (such as Facebook and Instagram) and television, which has caused us to see what others think, believe and experience but in a biased way. If we don't make the effort to do the needed research to seek the truth, we believe what we see and hear, which means critical thinking departs from our brain.

you have described yourself well

 

[irosie91]

Far Righters don't know anything about critical thinking.

Trump cult has thrown critical thinking into the garbage, given that they blindly believe what Trump says

you what goes on in minds and have decide that most people lack your refined
discernment? There are medications for your disorder

 

[Luckyone]

you have described yourself well

I am the farthest thing from that. I am a centrist that looks at things knowledgeably, with full understanding that no one and nothing is perfect and that the way to get things done well and move forward, requires both sides getting and giving equably and justifiably. Unlike the far right and the far left (with more so the former) believing that is should be "my way or the highway".

You are either ignorant, blind-by-choice or simply biased to the nth degree. Or perhaps and probably, exactly what the OP is about.............no critical thinking in your brain.

That, by the way, makes you a total waste of time communicating with you. You are simply here to debase anyone that thinks differently than you do.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

When you want to rob people of their critical thinking skills, you start at place where they're already pre-conditioned. You find the nearest convenient soft underbelly.

You start with the religious community, because they are required to suspend their critical thinking skills and commit to a fantasical narrative enforced by an authority figure. Then from there, you go to the talk radio crowd, which has been steeped in a myopic ideology -- ideologies rob people of their fundamental human curiosity by providing all the answers.

This large group was tailor-made for a shameless con man, an earthly idol. Lined up and ready to go. And along he came.

To be fair, critical thinking hasn't exactly been a prime skill of Americans in a long time.

 

[irosie91]

I am the farthest thing from that. I am a centrist that looks at things knowledgeably, with full understanding that no one and nothing is perfect and that the way to get things done well and move forward, requires both sides getting and giving equably and justifiably. Unlike the far right and the far left (with more so the former) believing that is should be "my way or the highway".

You are either ignorant, blind-by-choice or simply biased to the nth degree. Or perhaps and probably, exactly what the OP is about.............no critical thinking in your brain.

That, by the way, makes you a total waste of time communicating with you. You are simply here to debase anyone that thinks differently than you do.

the OP is idiotic in its highly judgmental and biased slant-----Hackneyed BULL SHIT>>>
the RAT leading the poor innocent lambs astray-----ok---so you attended sunday school

 

[Mac1958]

To be fair, critical thinking hasn't exactly been a prime skill of Americans in a long time.

Well, that's been my concern about this since Day One. It's not about politics or issues for me, it's about US.

 

[Luckyone]

you what goes on in minds and have decide that most people lack your refined
discernment? There are medications for your disorder

It is not my "refined discernment". It is reality, shown every day with clear examples of that over and over again

You call this critical thinking?



Or this?

 

[Luckyone]

the OP is idiotic in its highly judgmental and biased slant-----Hackneyed BULL SHIT>>>
the RAT leading the poor innocent lambs astray-----ok---so you attended sunday school

End of story. You are gone from my list of people to debate with. Bye

 

[Rawley]

then dispute the article itself point by point, instead of just giving your opinion.

It is to be expected that those that fall into the category of Trump's could, would think like you do!

Not sure I understand the argument. Universities will stop teaching their students to think critically if they don't get Federal grants?

 

[irosie91]

It is not my "refined discernment". It is reality, shown every day

roflmao-----^^^^ HIS reality REVEALED TO HIM----every day

 

[irosie91]

Not sure I understand the argument. Universities will stop teaching their students to think critically if they don't get Federal grants?

when were universities teaching their students to "think critically"----I attended one of the most WOKE
Universities in the USA circa 1970 -----even by today's "standards" I, very quickly, learned that the
way to fulfill my liberal arts requirement and keep my gradepoint average UP-----was to take sociology
classes-----creampuff ----instant A ----the only reason to attend class was to learn the idiot
viewpoint of the prof and spit it out on the final. I never got less than an A in sociology classes