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Post by Drew Holness on Feb 4, 2016 3:29:33 GMT
What is critical thinking and why is it important?
• Critical thinking is a process of intense scrutiny of an event, situation, question, or answer seeking factual explanation of the given circumstances.
• It is important because it may be your job to understand, foresee, explain, and solve complex issues by distinguishing between facts, judgment, and qualitative and quantitative solutions.
Name someone famous who you believe is a critical thinker. Why do you think they are a critical thinker?
• Rachel Maddow
• I think she a leader in her journalism field. Rachel has a unique way of reporting her stories; she uses facts and testimonials to debunk other people’s sound bites. With data, charts and trend she does a substantive job of tying the evidence together.
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Post by Lauren Benatti on Feb 4, 2016 15:04:41 GMT
I think the idea of being able to distinguish between facts and judgement is key to critical thinking. It is unrealistic to think that we, as humans, can always look at something from a totally judgement free point of view. Bringing in our own opinions is often a given. However, a good critical thinker can distinguish between fact and judgement, and will allow facts to change their opinion when presented with solid evidence.
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