What the Heck are "Critical Thinking Skills" Anyway?

[Locutus]

"Critical thinking" or "critical thinking skills" come up in two common scenarios.

One, when a leftist defends their worthless liberal arts degree, claiming it provides them with the rare and enviable skill of "critical thinking."

And

Two, when liberal arts professors defend their bogus fields of study by claiming the "#1 thing employers look for in college graduates is critical thinking!"

Of course, I never gave "critical thinking" much thought, writing it off as some kind of worthless, commonsensical skill your average person develops during childhood. But because of the cacophony coming from academia, not to mention, the academic left's complete and utter reliance upon and championing of it, I decided to find out, once and for all, what the heck are "critical thinking skills anyway."

[...] But, as are with most things in academia, their championing of "critical thinking" is not merely an intellectually-void, navel-gazing, masturbation exercise to falsely validate handing out worthless doctorates and self-importance in a field that provides no value to society. It is to provide them authority over the rest of society. And it is here their nefarious and malicious intent is exposed.

mo

Captain Capitalism: What the Heck are "Critical Thinking Skills" Anyway?

 

[Curious Cdn]

Well, ya know, who cares, eh?

 

[petros]

That BFA in mid century kitsch is priceless.

 

[mentalfloss]

Well at least you tried.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

topical index: critical thinking - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com

 

[Kreskin]

It starts by not seeing everything in life as left or right.

 

[darkbeaver]

"Critical thinking" or "critical thinking skills" come up in two common scenarios.

One, when a leftist defends their worthless liberal arts degree, claiming it provides them with the rare and enviable skill of "critical thinking."

And

Two, when liberal arts professors defend their bogus fields of study by claiming the "#1 thing employers look for in college graduates is critical thinking!"

Of course, I never gave "critical thinking" much thought, writing it off as some kind of worthless, commonsensical skill your average person develops during childhood. But because of the cacophony coming from academia, not to mention, the academic left's complete and utter reliance upon and championing of it, I decided to find out, once and for all, what the heck are "critical thinking skills anyway."

[...] But, as are with most things in academia, their championing of "critical thinking" is not merely an intellectually-void, navel-gazing, masturbation exercise to falsely validate handing out worthless doctorates and self-importance in a field that provides no value to society. It is to provide them authority over the rest of society. And it is here their nefarious and malicious intent is exposed.

mo

Captain Capitalism: What the Heck are "Critical Thinking Skills" Anyway?

It's faux, when they dictate what the product should be to validate the thinking process, belittleing critical thinking is stupid. Stupid is a killer.

 

[Angstrom]

It starts by not seeing everything in life as left or right.

And the ability to accept you could be wrong.

 

[darkbeaver]

And the ability to accept you could be wrong.

My hope for todays youth rest with you Angstrom, you're a true treasure.

 

[Angstrom]

My hope for todays youth rest with you Angstrom, you're a true treasure.

Hopefully I'll pass a few drops of that to my 3 kids

 

[MHz]

It starts by not seeing everything in life as left or right.

If critical thinking is the goal then both sides (or more) of the issue would have to be examined as much as possible and more weight given to the more reasonable answer.

 

[Locutus]

more choke and puke:

"Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, emphatically. They are keenly aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked. They strive to diminish the power of their egocentric and sociocentric tendencies. They use the intellectual tools that critical thinking offers – concepts and principles that enable them to analyze, assess, and improve thinking. They work diligently to develop the intellectual virtues of intellectual integrity, intellectual humility, intellectual civility, intellectual empathy, intellectual sense of justice and confidence in reason. They realize that no matter how skilled they are as thinkers, they can always improve their reasoning abilities and they will at times fall prey to mistakes in reasoning, human irrationality, prejudices, biases, distortions, uncritically accepted social rules and taboos, self-interest, and vested interest. They strive to improve the world in whatever ways they can and contribute to a more rational, civilized society. At the same time, they recognize the complexities often inherent in doing so. They avoid thinking simplistically about complicated issues and strive to appropriately consider the rights and needs of relevant others. They recognize the complexities in developing as thinkers, and commit themselves to life-long practice toward self-improvement. They embody the Socratic principle: The unexamined life is not worth living , because they realize that many unexamined lives together result in an uncritical, unjust, dangerous world. ~ Linda Elder, September, 2007"


kinda like the skinny betas slouched over there in the corner of the CC lounge eh. :lol:




That's a whole lot of SJW-ing and crusaderism when all we want to do is get down to the truth. But keep in mind this overkill of verbosity is on purpose as they are more concerned about advancing political agendas (not to mention keeping their academic fiefdoms financed by leftist governments) than they are pursuing empiricism.

 

[MHz]

Perhaps we should have a 'social skills' rating to save time when we meet somebody new. Something like this example.
Psych Central Personality Test

 

[taxslave]

I know for a fact that what passes as critical thinking in universities will get a person killed on a job site. One should not have to explain to an engineering graduate why his design is physically impossible and/or deadly.

 

[petros]

more choke and puke:

"Critical thinking is self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way. People who think critically consistently attempt to live rationally, reasonably, emphatically. They are keenly aware of the inherently flawed nature of human thinking when left unchecked. They strive to diminish the power of their egocentric and sociocentric tendencies. They use the intellectual tools that critical thinking offers – concepts and principles that enable them to analyze, assess, and improve thinking. They work diligently to develop the intellectual virtues of intellectual integrity, intellectual humility, intellectual civility, intellectual empathy, intellectual sense of justice and confidence in reason. They realize that no matter how skilled they are as thinkers, they can always improve their reasoning abilities and they will at times fall prey to mistakes in reasoning, human irrationality, prejudices, biases, distortions, uncritically accepted social rules and taboos, self-interest, and vested interest. They strive to improve the world in whatever ways they can and contribute to a more rational, civilized society. At the same time, they recognize the complexities often inherent in doing so. They avoid thinking simplistically about complicated issues and strive to appropriately consider the rights and needs of relevant others. They recognize the complexities in developing as thinkers, and commit themselves to life-long practice toward self-improvement. They embody the Socratic principle: The unexamined life is not worth living , because they realize that many unexamined lives together result in an uncritical, unjust, dangerous world. ~ Linda Elder, September, 2007"


kinda like the skinny betas slouched over there in the corner of the CC lounge eh. :lol:




That's a whole lot of SJW-ing and crusaderism when all we want to do is get down to the truth. But keep in mind this overkill of verbosity is on purpose as they are more concerned about advancing political agendas (not to mention keeping their academic fiefdoms financed by leftist governments) than they are pursuing empiricism.

They sound like Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Botswanan Badimos and Eskimos.

But don't believe in God.

 

[Walter]

Those who don't use "critical thinking" are lefties.

 

[gopher]

It starts by not seeing everything in life as left or right.

possible Post of the Year choice

 

[petros]

Left and right is a false paradigm. It's like good cop, bad cop. Either way they are still cops.

 

[Walter]

possible Post of the Year choice

Everything is milquetoast in leftie land

 

[petros]

What would a milquetoast trophy look like?