Critical thinking - the most important skill to develop in the current era
And that's why you probably weren't taught it.
Did you learn critical thinking skills at school? Are your children learning them now? Probably not, and there's a reason for that!
In this presentation, hosted by Stand Up Australia, I traced the history of compulsory schooling, what its true purposes are, and how we can equip ourselves with vital skills for discerning truth from lies in the current highly polluted information environment.
I hope you find it valuable; if so, pass it on!
Eduard De B ono, claimed by many as the father of Lateral Thinking, said that there has never been a school course on thinking - well there was one in Moscow at one high school for a time but that appears to be it.
The comment below is on the spot, every CLAIM only stands IF it has the EVIDENCE to support it. No evidence = no valid claim. AND the evidence much be independently verifiable. As the commentator points out below, most jump straight to justifying themselves when presented with a Claim from a perceived authority.
The first and most fundamental critical thinking that anyone can apply, but don't: "you claim; you prove first".
Look at how people rush to react to any claims made by govts and "experts" without applying that basic rule. Look at the claims of Brandon: where are the proofs?