this is how to improve your critical thinking according to neuroscience | THE ONLY VIDEO THAT WORKS

Patience is a best learner. Practice is a best teacher. Wait, watch ,learn ,once u see patterns. practice what u want to master. "Practice makes man perfect"😊

How do you build the habit of seeking disproving evidence without it becoming exhausting or making every opinion feel unstable and unresolvable? 🙌🏻

I just commented the following on your recent video titled "social media is giving you two lives, but they are both miserable", and then I synchronistically saw that you had just uploaded this video, and I feel it's relevant to this topic as well; excerpt from my comment: "You are probably aware of this idea and concept already, Erin, but I was reminded of the so-called "Keynesian Beauty Contest" in this context. Especially, very clever people are good at or vulnerable to this type of peer pressure pattern prediction and recognition process." Often our critical thinking can be overwritten by our peer group and our desire to want to fit in.

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Amazing video, Erin. I studied critical thinking comprehensively im university, and the political climate nowadays is an abomination because no one uses it! It's bizarre to see it from this perspective because irrationality has gone completely rampant, and a lot of peoples toxic beliefs would fall apart under simple CT method lol.

4:05 you mean self serving bias

Just a question do you get these nuances from books or are you more compelled to use substack or other resources instead. I am more voracious reader probably old school. 😅

So grateful for your content! Been learning a lot

Understanding dissent and diverse opinion is very important. That was in my recent reading through thinking in bets by Annie Duke.

15:53 ground news is best app to have a balanced approach 👍

11:47 there is also one important aspect to use backcasting

2:29 Daniel kahneman

Is your camera tilted a bit it gives that michael bay like shot

Some people (even ones I agree with) can be entrenched paradigms of oppositional bias without logic or desire to find what is beneficial to progress that they can undermine their own interest with entrenched bias even when coming from a valid standpoint. It can be hard to consider taking the time to really evaluate and speak to bias when it may cause further entrenchment. What I do instead sometimes is to critically think without challenging those instances but bringing the thoughts in when the environment is open to them. To be on peoples side (or even your own) it's often necessary to accept or validate the possibility of not being fully correct and that mistakes are potentially being made and that nothing is infallible. This is why science always changes. Rules which don't align with what is logically provable are changed to fit the best working model. Not just accepting the idea that it's possible to wrong some of the time but to know you are potentially always going to be wrong because everything is subject to change. I think to make a good argument ideas have to come without reenforcing defensive bias and disconnect from associations that trigger bias and those that don't are less productive and that presenting an argument or information which would otherwise be rejected is often useful via masking it. At times I may use allegory and metaphor as it is hard to argue with a point that's not stating as a truth or belief or to be about the person being spoken to or the idea being spoken of when it can still apply to the same pathology. Notably this can be misused. I think coming at the topics from standpoints that do not create conflict and argument or and avoid causing people to fall into animalistic fight or flight responses and avoid conflict are more useful. Methods like those found on this channel. Teach people in the right way and they might not even notice they are growing and learning to break habits that may be destructive to themselves or others. I think for those who want to increase their ability to critically think one simple thing is to simply reduce stress and be aware of what may be causing stress around them and around the ideas they may hold. If overt stress presents around ideas you want to hold more clearly it is logical that stress is obstructive to that clarity and should be removed if logical examination is desired. At times this means moving away from what reduces your clarity. If those stressors always exist around something you believe it's worth considering if that is not productive to your ability to be logical about whether these beliefs are accurate. I would say that it is notable that productive critical thinking or conversations has no necessity of being a stressful experience. I can't think of an environment of high stress that actually promoted learning rather than those that minimize stress and manage it when it occurs. All of the productive relationships and conversations I've ever had involved all parties being open to discussion and exchange and thoughtful engagement. I can't think of other relationships that actually work or create productive change. I don't think there is anyone immune to bias no matter how educated or intelligent, so none of this is meant as a criticism to anyone. It's just a human behavior that we do not always avoid and can fall into from any position. Great information here. I notice that some of the best politicians I can think of often use "steel-manning". They'll argue for the other person as hard as they can before stating their own position without being manipulative. Also planning for failure is a known exercise to help with creating successful planning. Very oppositional to the manifestation trends which undermine people in ways that initially make them feel secure but often set them up for failure. Technique number 5 feels similar in that it is a reversal of bias but introduces slowing down. Number 6 goes back to the idea that nothing is infallible. The more you question your belief the less possible it is to have conviction. In order to question convictions with number 6 it is important to understand that this is an exercise that includes absolutely any idea. The ideas themselves could necessitate fundamentally changing the laws of reality as you know them and be part of the exercise. Nothing should be off limits. Noting it is a social credit to admit when you are wrong is such a great thing to point out. It's hard, but where you end up being willing to admit fault? This is often a better place than people believe. Lastly I just want to say thankyou for making videos like these. Sincerely.

What you are trying to say here is subjective thinking, but not critical thinking because only subjective thinking about the same thing can vary from person to to person, and your personal narrow point of view is usually influenced or shaped by social validation], and thus it can changed by other people Critical thinking is founded on tangible and indisputable facts without any interpretation by other people, and thus they cannot be differently interpreted. Ex, the Sun rises in the East, and sets in the West.

Step 1: go do something instead of watch a video on how to improve critical thinking

As a member of an anarchist collective for years that depends on unanimous and/or consensus decision making, and collective writing of theory and agitprop etc, I realized point by point that it has been a great workshop to exercise your points, based only on transferred experience and real-time collective problem solving. Nice video, followed for more!

Actually brilliant. Been reading Thinking Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman. The application of those concepts you bring to life are pretty useful. Nice vid

Your scientific knowledge is excellent; you are truly wonderful. I wish I could meet you. Thank you for this valuable information.

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