PERSONAL GROWTH
On the Lost Art of Critical Thinking
Why you need it now more than ever
There’s a sucker born every minute. –P.T. Barnum (maybe)
Americans have lost their skills of critical thinking as applied to reading articles on the internet. Don’t believe me? Read the article on the firing of a White House butler by Allan Ishac … as well as a few of the comments.
No, really. Read it now. It’s a quick read. I’ll wait.
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At First Glance
Some readers will see the article as highly partisan and love it because it lambastes the forty-fifth President. Others will see it as partisan and hate it because it lambastes the forty-fifth President. Keep in mind, opinions will vary and your opinion will be based on your subjective life experiences.
Second Look
Some will take Ishac’s article as factual simply because it’s a part of a Medium publication or because it feeds into their bias about (for or against) the forty-fifth President
FACT | noun | 1: a thing done, 3: the quality of being actual; 4a: something…
