Critical thinking can be defined as "a way of deciding whether a claim is true, false, or sometimes true and sometimes false, or partly true and partly false".
People lacking critical thinking skills are more likely to be gullible or to believe is conspiracy theories.
A number of posts on the BFTF blog deal are on the topic of critical thinking. . . .
Pseudoscience and Conspiracy Theories on Social Media The Shaykh and Bake Grenade
Lessons from Facebook
How to Disagree - The Heirarchy of Argument
Talk on Conspiracy Theories
Some information on framing
Lord Macaulay on India in 1835
Where would you like me to find drugs today?
Do Placements for the Unemployed Work
Elf and Safety at the Daily Mail
OTEC
Interesting paper here that desscribes how the verdicts of parole board judges vary through the working day, especially before and after breaks. The authors comment that :
People lacking critical thinking skills are more likely to be gullible or to believe is conspiracy theories.
A number of posts on the BFTF blog deal are on the topic of critical thinking. . . .
Pseudoscience and Conspiracy Theories on Social Media The Shaykh and Bake Grenade
Lessons from Facebook
How to Disagree - The Heirarchy of Argument
Talk on Conspiracy Theories
Some information on framing
Lord Macaulay on India in 1835
Where would you like me to find drugs today?
Do Placements for the Unemployed Work
Elf and Safety at the Daily Mail
OTEC
Interesting paper here that desscribes how the verdicts of parole board judges vary through the working day, especially before and after breaks. The authors comment that :
"We record the judges’ two daily food breaks, which result in segmenting the deliberations of the day into three distinct “decision sessions.” We find that the percentage of favorable rulings drops gradually from ≈65% to nearly zero within each decision session and returns abruptly to ≈65% after a break."