[PUG] Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why You Have the Right to Do It

Critical thinking has kept me poor,ostracized and lonely.
Sometimes I wish I was a sheeple .

Naw

 

I think some critical thinking may also be applied as to when such thing can or should be employed and when it's just not the right time. To disregard this will generally lead to a negative outcome. If that's what you want, that's your call. Critical thinking is a wonderful thing...but it's best used with some discretion.

 

Being shown to be possibly, probably, or absolutely wrong in the opinions that underlie your decisions doesn't feel very nice. To most people. Being wrong is often equated to being defective, which in turn instils shame. Some learn from this process that... the process is painful, so they stop it at the point of them possibly being wrong.

That said, someone's right to avoid criticism stops at my door. It should not be tolerated for any person or faction to wield influence over another without at least outspoken critical thinking allowed, it is a bare minimum of scrutiny.

 

Critical thinking is not a right. It's a duty. A duty of which most people are incapable. The "tea party" movement is one example. Rush Limbaugh's "ditto heads" are another. When it comes to health, those who attribute a friend's cancer survival to taking an obscure rain forest supplement use anecdotal evidence where n = 1 to generalize about cancer cures. Not an appropriately powered experiment, to say the least. That most people vote without critically thinking is scary. It should be taught in schools. But, who would teach it? Certainly not the teachers I had in high school.

 

nah, everyone pretends they can't do it so you'd be stuck with the sh*tty job

 

It is the most essential skill for my occupation next to empathy.

 

Everything has the right to be questioned. However, and this is a big however, there is a time and a place for it. It kind of parallels to the old addage "If you have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all". Many people seem to think either everything must be actively subjected to inquiry, or be totally immune and resistant to it. That is where the problem lies.

 

I had no idea peoples right to think was being infringed upon, please explain.

as for the rest, I highly doubt that people lack this skill, also the idea that most people don't employ it. It may seem that they do not, but you can not say that they definitley do not. In truth we can't have acceces to all the information especially in things like politics. And it is certain that politicians have information you do not, If they act on information that you do not and make decisions based on that info, it may seem unthinking to you but be simple for them.

 

Truth is whatever makes me feel better.

 

I believe in critical thinking.

You act as though someone is suppressing your right, is this the case?

 

It's not being Critical that does that. It's being a troll that does that.
Few people like being trolled or hounded. If you don't want to be ostracised, you have to be socially acceptable.

 

I believe in critical thinking and I use it a lot in my every day life. And it is your right to apply it! I didn't realise you have felt like you haven't the right to do that!

[PAX] but it is also a right to express your deepest feelings and don't be criticized on it. Feelings, in my opinion that can't be called good or wrong, they just are. You can't critical analyse feelings.

You feel you can't apply critical thinking in your every day life, I feel I can't express my deepest feelings in my every day life. They are never understood and accepted, always analysed and concidered "not logicial". This is my place to express them and being understood. So please dont criticize them!!!

I believe there is a time and place for both. Maybe we should honor each others needs and keep critical thinking and feelings seperated with the pug and pax signs ...

 

Once again I was talking about real life, and once again you are going on about trolling.
Which was funny the 1st time I heard it.
However it's 180+ plus posts later. I have a growing friend list, more rep power than some people with 2,3,6,10 times more posts .
and general feeling of acceptance. And you think I am feeling ostracized on here?

So tell me, Who is feeling trolled or hounded between you and I?

 

Trolling can occur in real life as well. When it happens in real life, it's harder to block. It's why you might get ostracised.
You should have used critical thinking.

 

I see. Well, in real life I got ostracized for not going with the flow and questioning everything that was presented to me. I wouldn't call that trolling,
I would call that using critical thinking.

 

why are we talking about trolling again?

 

If you thought critically about how the others were feeling each time you questioned stuff presented to you, you'd have realised it's better to accept some shit from others, for peaceful relations.

Very few people want antagonistic relations, most are able to accept the dreary monotonous bs and want others to too. It's the basis of society.
Don't want to accept it, it's okay. They'll just remove you from their society.

 

I'm trying not to. I'm explaining critical thinkings use in relationships. Not just sexual/romantic, but platonic generalised.