Critical thinking is good but insufficient to open minds of misled followers of propagandists, the useful idiots. For a few years at public lectures at Harvard University's prestigious J.F. Kennedy School of Government, I asked public questions of the speakers. When they were able, instead of addressing the issue I raised, they made personal attacks, e.g., journalists R.W. Apple, and Bob Woodward. The prominent celebrity journalists were counter productive, supporting propaganda. The questions remained unanswered by the "authority figures." Same thing happens in classrooms. There are some thinkers at Harvard. Some grad students told me they discussed my questions in class. Soon the campus cops appeared to stop my attendance, typical arrogance of Harvard and its vigorous support for liberal propaganda. I learned to ask questions studying philosophy at Columbia. Never regret it. In conformist Cambridge, MA, incubator of limousine liberals, they simply shun me.
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The biggest problem that America is facing today is the inability of the vast majority of the citizenry to think critically.
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If we are to ever bring America back to the point where she is great again, the majority of the citizens are going to have to acquire and hone critical thinking skills.
Why is it imperative for the citizenry to be able to think critically? Because the mainstream media has abandoned its responsibility of reporting facts in exchange for distracting, distorting, propagandizing and protecting. The public education system also ran by liberals, has dumbed down the quality of education in exchange for explicit (non-age appropriate) sex education and revised negative American history.
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Not a day goes by without my reading about some illogical narrative being presented as journalism when it is really propaganda used to appeal to the emotions of its audience.
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Liberals become enraged when faced with the truth.
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Dr. Linda Elder and the late Dr. Richard Paul, founders of The Critical Thinking Community, said the following about one’s quality of thinking:
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To be successful in life, one needs to ask essential questions: essential questions when reading, writing, and speaking; when shopping, working, and parenting; when forming friendships, choosing life-partners, and interacting with the mass media and the Internet.
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We cannot continue to allow the media and slick talking politicians to guide our thinking. Because thinking is hard work, most people would rather someone else do the thinking for them. That is how we got where we are today. For those who want to improve his or her thinking, I suggest your purchase a copy of The Art of Asking Essential Questions, a $6.00 miniature guide.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/10/americans_are_void_of_critical_thinking_skills.html
October 13, 2015
Americans Are Void of Critical Thinking Skills
By Patricia L. Dickson
