Critical thinking i a path to intellectual adventure. Though there are dozen of poible approache, the proce can be boiled down to concrete tep. Thi article offer ome tarting point for your journey.
Be willing to ay I don t know
Some of the mot profound thinker of our time have practiced the art of critical thinking by uing two magic phrae: I don t know and I m not ure yet.
Thoe are word many people do not like to hear. We live in time when people are criticized for changing their mind. Our ociety reward quick anwer and quotable ound bite. We re under coniderable preure to utter the truth in 15 econd or le.
In uch a ociety, it i a courageou and unuual act to paue, to look, to examine, to be thoughtful, to conider many point of view and to not know. When a ociety embrace half-truth in a blind ruh for certainty, commitment to uncertainty can move u forward.
Thi willingne to give up certainty can be hardet to accept when it come to notion that eem obviou. Many thing are certain, ome people ay. For example, it obviou that two plu two equal four.