How Not To Be Stupid: A Guide To Critical Thinking

[Shauno19882010baby]

Im stupid and i admit that. But i still tip the scales as a wishful thinker. Or is it that im wishful that i might become a critical thinker or... Or am I smart enough to know that i dont know enough so I am a critical thinker and that its smarter for me to become a wishful thinker...haha CRAP.

[MTFeedback]

rofl

[ThisIsNotAnonymous]

MIND is SACRED GROUND.

[agu160579]

Spanish translation please!

[Laughingblades]

I'm a derper

I derp loudest

[CommanderFey]

This is great - I love it! I think the choice of representative statements was especially well chosen.

[cjfamfan]

this really helped me with my exam, thanks :)

[martinbeco]

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and a rational mind is a faithful servant" Albert Einstein

[lissakr11]

@martinbeco Yes, and your mind should be the only 'servitude.' To the ones who wish to protrude their thinking upon another, allow it, than, show-them by leading and living by example.

[MusicOfTheSystem]

nice video! btw, I've been running into too many "intellectual cowards" recently and it's annoying. that's why i love critical thinking. :)

[ArsonistInUrFirewall]

I shared this with everybody I know, in order to help them.

-I am now hated a little bit more, the world is unfair.

[superblee325]

Nice video. Haven't read all the comments, so maybe someone already noticed this, but "hominim" should be spelled "hominem."

[theawesomebeliever]

If you admit to be stupid you are not for critical thinking, if you failed to understand what Plato meant by what he said when he declared that "all that I know is that I know nothing" (he did it to be condemned as athenians despised this sort of indulgency) and confuse it with "stupid" (that is to be intentionally ignorant) you havent grasped the concept despite the cheap ad lookalike video. Check my channel about this topic.

[leecfb000]

Why do people make annoying narcissistic videos like this? Perhaps I was naive to think someone would actually upload a video with a decent quality of content.

[theUKatheist]

@leecfb000 PS its obvious with you having the same amount of thumbs up for each comment and mine having the same thumbs down that you are sad enough and childish enough to have multiple accounts and vote your way., what a pathetic piece of shit individual you are. you really have to vote yourself haha. also im done with you, your reasons were pathetic, your characteristics are that of a homophobic psychopathic pathetic self righteousness arrogant dick who votes for himself! . now fuck off prick!

[leecfb000]

@theUKatheist I'm not at all surprised that you dismissed my assertions without providing any reason. But I don't blame you. It's just so much easier to call it bullshit than to explain why it's bullshit. Of all the people I've argued with, you're the only one who gives me nothing to work with. I'm sure avoiding the subject and throwing around empty insults and accusations usually works for you, but I don't feel like indulging a troll anymore, so make your next ridiculous comment your last.

[theUKatheist]

@leecfb000 "Of all the people I've argued with, you're the only one who gives me nothing to work with" homosexuals are people, they have rights, you do not have the right to take away their rights. nor judge anyone by their sexual orientation , i really dont care about you, your a fucking retard. i have had more civil conversations with children. i dont care about arguing with you. your a bigoted homophobic arrogant piece of shit, thats enough for me to not give a flying fuck what you think.

[RewardHonesty]

There will always be poverty, ignorance, greed, and corruption until we abolish the monetary system. Are you truly a critical thinker? If so, watch Zeitgeist Moving Forward and then Zeitgeist Addendum, both on youtube. Watch from start to finish, pay attention, and use your brain. They are long but worth every minute. Get outside the box and learn and grow.

[beehivecity]

stop making videos faggot

[theUKatheist]

@beehivecity why dont you make some videos instead of trolling others? also calling people a faggot just makes you sound homophobic or in the closet.

[leecfb000]

@theUKatheist - Maybe he is homophobic. So what?

[leecfb000]

@theUKatheist - If you don't hate pedophiles then you're a sicko. If you DO hate pedophiles, then you must be a pedophile, therefore, you're a sicko. See how there's no way to win? So, no, most homophobes are not "in the closet."

[leecfb000]

@theUKatheist - There are plenty of reasons to dislike and disapprove of homosexuality, other than being an undercover fag, or even being religious for that matter. If that isn't already obvious to you then I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince you. I'd have to train you out of your stubborn misconceptions and that's more work than I care to bother with.

[theUKatheist]

@leecfb000 "f that isn't already obvious to you then I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince you."

that is because there is absolutely no reason, the only people who say " im not going to waste my time" are the people who cant explain it, you could have explained what these points were in that very comment, instead you coward out. the reason being you have no justifiable claims that make homophobia okay. you are just a coward with nothing to justify your bigotry and stupidity.

[leecfb000]

@theUKatheist You just couldn't let it go could you? Here you go: (1) They're indiscriminate sexual opportunists (2) They're melodramatic narcissists with a victim complex (3) They're shit-loving, filthy sodomites (4) They're misinforming propagandists (5) They're child-exploiting social engineers (6) They're supporters of pedophilia and all manner of sexual liberation (7) To top it all off, they think these characteristics make them cute and endearing... That enough reasons for you, fucker?

[theUKatheist]

@leecfb000 every reason you reeled off is bullshit!

1 - prove it

2 -prove it

3 - just an insult from a homophobe

4 - prove it ,total bullshit

5 - wtf? prove it

6 - haha no thats catholic priests, why dont you research homosexuals who do this and then Catholics.

7 - they dont have these characteristics , you just made up a load of complete bullshit.

all what you said is complete made up shit from a homophobe in the closet. you have characteristics worse than any you just made up. your a prick!

[AndersonicTK421]

I like everything about this except the use of "pussy" @ :55...

[wware]

Good stuff, but there's a spelling error at 6:35. It's "ad hominem", not "ad hominim".

[Architectonic01]

Love the acting.

[astrozier1]

i liked everything about this video except the part where they say everything does (not) happen for a reason because of my Christian beliefs everything (does) happen fore a reason INFP personality type

[ixataca]

@astrozier1 no they don't and doesn't have to - INTP

[Malephex]

Makes a point, sort of, but then whips it to death. Also, wooden acting, TLDW.

[TZMrazvitie]

critical thinkers don't vote...

[SpatialMonk]

0.18, superb execution of the Ironic Moustache, popular in the early 21st century.

[subcynic]

critical thinker or intellectual coward? the world is complex it's not always ether A or B Sometimes it is Both or something completely different, DUH

[supercat821]

1 caveat: Because of Quantum mechanics it looks as if we really are intimately involved in how reality is shaped

re: The Measurement Problem

[fourthwind1]

;)



[fourthwind1]

is this a guide on how to not be american

[T1Brit]

haha great

[nefreetman]

At least 6 people that watched this fail at critical thinking.

[kailia666]

Great vid! I really enjoyed the 'Industrial Training Video' motif.

[zestydude87]

Great video! i saved it to show other people that there are always two sides to a story. If youre smart, you have to realize that as much as you know, you could still be wrong. I try to evaluate my thinking and my actions on a daily basis and sometimes hour by hour.

[Ps1locyb1n]

I find that "stupid" is a very ambiguous term to be using, especially for a video that claims to "instruct" critical thinking.

[cuttythecritic]

My god, that MUSTACHE! I think you just disproved the existence of God; he cannot exist in a world that contains that 'stache. Nice critical thinking.

If this video is the result of critical thinking, I'd hate to see what would happen if you guys dove in with your brains off. Critical thinkers think they're stupid? In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya "I do not think that word means what you think it means." Ignorance lacks knowledge. Stupidity lacks intelligence. Guess which one you have?

[NewStarConstellation]

Thank you very much for making this brief summary on wishful and critical thinking!

And I agree with other commenters, this video should have much more visits. I will recommend it to my friends.

Same goes for the Cult video.

Thanks again.

[BendoverBernanke]

"there is no such thing as coincidence" would not be a wishful thinkers thought but more so a critical thinkers thought, "in my opinion" of course.

[stiaa04]

@BendoverBernanke Is this a type of equivocation? Like "yeah there is that sense of the expression (implying something supernatural) and then there's e other sense of the expression (implying that the universe is probabillistic determinism)".

[AdonisKingAXC]

The wise person admits they know nothing..but they are learning;) PEACE! ~a~

[stiaa04]

@AdonisKingAXC But if you learn something you have aquired knowledge even if that knowledge is not 100% certain, it's still knowledge (that somethings probabillity is > just any random thing) even if it's tentative.

So do you know nothing or have you learned?

IMO it should be "The wise person admits he knows nothing with certainty, and weighs the probabillities of the things he has learns, revising the probabillities as he gains new knowledge."

[theeastwatch]

Smart chicks are hot.

-TEW

[cuttythecritic]

@theeastwatch

That is true....to prove this I will go find a video with smart chicks in it, so you can see exactly how much hotter they really are! (I'd actually probably nail you, 0:14, even though you represent the stupid side in this vid, 0:58 almost got a pass, but in the end the "I don't want people to think I'm a butch lesbian, but the straightest I'll go is Sara Gilbert" look just isn't gonna cut it) (you think that's hyperbole? Google image search Sara Gilbert and look at the 3rd pic)

[AJB861]

Hilarious. Wishful thinkers suffer.

[logician360]

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary people to believe it."

Bahahaha! I'm going to have to remember that.

[ab12345678910ful]

haha that was funny a guide on what not to do, counters it's own message:

1. being a wishful thinker doesn't mean your stupid

2.you said critical thinking is not for everyone but then later you said it is for everyone

3.you protest against bias but ironically this entire film was bias towards critical thinkers

4. apparently your a wishful thinker because this entire video was an either or fallacy saying that critical thinkers are smart and wishful thinks are stupid

5. ha speaking of Ad Hominems

[stiaa04]

@ab12345678910ful

1. What is your definition of stupid? Certainly any person no matter how smart is stupid at times (when he is being a wishful thinker for instance). Seems like you took stupid as a whole-person description.

2. Though everyone ought to, not everyone will be able or willing to.

3. Bias against bias is not bad. Just like intolerance towards intolerance obviously need not be critisized, and discriminiation against discriminators for discriminating is perfectly reasonable.

[stiaa04]

@ab12345678910ful 4. It's not like some people are wishful thinkers and some are critical thinkers, we all fall into the roles from time to time. When you do wishful thinking that particular action is a stupid action. That doesn't mean you can not be smart. Though people who are rarely doing smart thinking are more likely to use wishful thinking often, and people who do smart thinking more often more rarely do wishful thinking and try to recognize it in themselves.

Is to think wishfully smart?

[TheGeneLightShow]

awesome. very corny but funny!

[dominictemple]

Wow. Condescending much? I'm as big a fan of Michael Shermer and James Randi as anyone but this is a really bad for scepticism and critical thinking, and talking of mistakes in thinking, there's also the logical fallacy.

In this video I think Ad Hominem is the biggest one, but there are others.

[HollowFlight]

a hundred strawmans... amounting to nothing.

still, i laughed at the wishful thinker citing quantum uncertainty.

[ShaolinDynasty]

"And this how they all became the Brady Bunch"

[animateclay]

What is true for people who think God is behind everything is true for people who believe science is behind everything. Every psychological fault can be attributed to both because it always takes a human to believe in one or the other.

[barrysolow]

Sigh. "Ad Hominem", not "Ad Hominim"...

Apart from that minor quibble I have several more substantial ones, which boil down to this: This film extols critical thinking while exhibiting very little of it. It comes off as a recitation almost as rote as the times tables. It may be (mildly) satirical. It may be comforting to people who already think of themselves as critical thinkers. It is not educational in any meaningful sense of that word.

[eatthefishpresents]

very funny

[evilmark]

That chick's name is actually Reporter?

[JulieFabulous]

you've got my vote!

[ettolien]

Long Live KingHotPants! Critical Thinkers Unite!