Critical Thinking - Standards of Thought - Part 1

Dr. Richard Paul defines the universal standards with which thinking may be "taken apart" evaluated and assessed. Excerpted from the Socratic Questioning Video Series from the Foundation for Critical Thinking.

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[coopmuch56]

If every person on earth started to think critically, religion would be instantly abolished

[socamaestro]

We want your stuff.

God sent us to run things here

Give it up, or we take it by force

...Imperialism = global banditry

[doombybbr]

more likely people would just ignore the subject of religion the second it happens, then TheAmazingAtheist would lose a job.

[Sara Jone]

One of the things about humans that makes us so efficient is fuzzy logic. I can tell you to rent me a big car without having to specify to the millimeter of wheel base length what you mean by that. There are times when specificity is important, but there are also time when its neither necessary or desirable.

[RizzoWonka]

That was clear enough...

[stephen k]

Yes. Indefinitely. It's only a matter of time. But, I don't think the idea of a higher power would be abolished. That idea is impossible to escape unless you wholly ignore it. Which I can't, as I'm a critical thinking person. :)

[herself666]

what the????? i have a headache, is this what they are teaching in Universities today. Oh shit, what is this person going on about, this is just so much bull shit. They have already dumbed down the 4 to 19yr olds, to the point that they cant read properly, they cant write properly, they dont even know basic mathmatics, and this clown is dumbing them more Hes talking gobbeldy gook, lol Have i come into the Monty Python section of You Tube..

[coribabybaby]

I think that if you were thinking critically you wouldn't be so confident about such a broad statement.

By trying to understand my new religion (new to me) I have found that I think more analytically and am much more contemplative on a personal and universal level.

What religions do you study?

[DimebagVision]

Religion wouldn't be abolished, it just wouldn't be the destructive phenomenon it has been since it originated.

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

God help us!

[SuperMegaUberGenius]

liberal biased crap you are feeding our kids heads with

these scientist are primates of God, eh?

/watch?v=2v0LaUo80K8

standards for liberal douchebags

[Chris Hinsdale]

America got it from trusting God, you could say God is the reason Jamaicans under emphasize education. Do you see the logic fallacy of your reasoning, dumbass.