Fwd: A 14 minute sermon...

[Angie Boyter]

The fall of critical thinking.

Thought-provoking and worth discussing!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuE2CDRcfTQ

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[Mike DiFilippo]

Hmm, thinking critically about this video I would say that, in fact, we are more critical thinkers today than in most of history. I say this because for me, assessing critical thinking begins at our most fundamental level of myths. And that, of course is religion. As a percentage of the total population fewer people today take mystical religions as truth, compared to almost any time in recorded human history. Consider this month’s book.  Harrari reviews the state of religion and argues that Humanism is the dominant religion today in Western Society and throughout most of the developed world. There are many faults with Humanism but science and the scientific method have brought it to prominence and I think that is mostly positive for the human condition.

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[michael brewer]

None of the prescriptions in this video are objectionable. 

But I think there’s a suppressed premise here that I see all the time, namely that there was some past era in human history when people were more rational and intellectually open to new ideas than they are today. I’m open to be convinced that this is true but I really don’t think so. I have no direct knowledge of what goes on in schools these days, but my indirect impression is that there is much much less rote learning than when most of us were educated. So I think that we live in the best of times! And in the best possible world.

Of course, I’ve had quite a lot of caffeine today so you may wish to discount my optimism. 

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[Steven Clark Cunningham]

I don’t think there’s anything really new in this video, but it’s all very important and easy for many people in society today to forget. People may know or have heard the important descriptions in this video, but forget to think about them!  

I do think that the flood of information available today makes it hard for that information to still in the knowledge, which makes it even harder for all of that to distill into wisdom.

One upshot, I think, is that if you can be disciplined In honing your critical thinking skills, the easy accessibility of answers actually can augment and accelerate a well-conducted and critically considered discussion. 

steve

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