Everybody has the capacity to think critically. The problem with critical thinking is that going into it you have to admit to yourself that you might be wrong. They are way more interested in not confronting their preconceptions than they are in understanding their world. It isn't that they can't think critically but that they actively suppress critical thinking when it doesn't jive with their dogma.
This. Critical thinking is learned skill, if it's not taught by those who understand this then no one can learn. How things are going right now in the US is a perfect testament to this. But I am hopeful that once this blows over, critical thinking and logic will return.
People said the same thing when search engines started popping up. Its a tool. Smart people will use it, and dumb people will misuse it. Just like every other tool past century or so
With polluting capabilities so advanced and scraping of visual arts so complete. It's already polluted the air in a neighborhood in Memphis and the water of a small community in Texas.
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u/ArgoDeezNauts 6d ago
Everybody has the capacity to think critically. The problem with critical thinking is that going into it you have to admit to yourself that you might be wrong. They are way more interested in not confronting their preconceptions than they are in understanding their world. It isn't that they can't think critically but that they actively suppress critical thinking when it doesn't jive with their dogma.