critical-thinking

Critical Thinking has the potential to be a deeply creative process.

The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

No feeling is wrong. You have the right to your feelings. However, you do not need to wallow in them, and you do not have the right to act them out. The world hasn't suddenly become your punching bag or litter tray.

Social conditioning, accompanied by moral and mental constraints, now serve to render the mediocre mind nearly incapable of unbiased assessment.

When you go with first principles, a giant light goes off in what you think is a city and turns out to be an insane asylum.

Oversimplifying is the first grave mistake we make when confronted by complexity; overconfidence is the second. And there is a third: based on our overconfidence in our oversimplified conclusions, we overreact.

The secret to discovery is to never believe existing facts.

No special academic expertise is required for insight into the Orwellian use of language, only clear thinking and common sense.

You must be able to say "I understand," before you can say "I agree," or "I disagree," or "I suspend judgment.