Critical thinking
Critical thinking is not scepticism about everything, which is just as lazy as believing everything. It is a set of habits for working out how much confidence a claim has earned.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01What it actually isProportioning belief to evidence.
- 02Reading a claimWhat is being asserted, exactly.
- 03Weighing evidenceNot all support is equal.
- 04Judging sourcesWho is telling you, and how do they know.
- 05Your own thumb on the scaleWhere reasoning quietly bends.
- 06Claims with numbersWhere the trick usually hides.
- 07Cause and effectThe most common overreach.
- 08Persuasion techniquesRecognising the machinery.
- 09Information onlineVolume, virality and generated text.
- 10Building the habitMaking it routine rather than effortful.
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