I've noticed several kinds of carelessness in critical thinking-related education, especially on social media, that may do more harm than good:

Just because someone shows emotion during an argument, that doesn't mean they're wrong. We shouldn't treat someone's calmness as a proxy for the rationality of what they are saying.

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Critical thinking should not be taught as a tool for defending our beliefs. It should be taught as a tool that helps us explore them with questions like: Could I be wrong? Why do I believe this? What evidence do I have? If a belief survives scrutiny, that scrutiny becomes its strongest defense.

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If a person regularly provokes people in online comment sections, but also truly believes what they are saying, are they a troll?

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POV: Your taxi driver is a logician. You: Can you take the scenic route? Driver: Not unless you give me $10. You: Okay. *You hand over the money. The driver pulls onto the highway.* You: Hey. You said you said you'd take the scenic route if I gave you $10. Driver: I said no such thing.

What a nice review to wake up to! This was a comment on a post in a homeschooling group.

Not every automated response is AI. Not every altered photo is AI. Some people seem to have forgotten that these things existed long before ChatGPT.

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The false positive paradox often startles people. But it’s only startling because the meaning of “false positive rate” is widely misunderstood. The false positive rate is not the percentage of positive results that are false. It is the percentage of actual negatives that incorrectly test positive.

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This comment is *very* interesting to me, and I wonder if the first sentence is a common sentiment. Do others feel the same way?

One of the difficulties of running a site that markets itself as providing critical thinking education for kids is that "critical thinking" can mean very different things to different people!

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What do you see as the difference between an expat and an immigrant (if any)? Do you find the word "expat" to be problematic?

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I've been seeing so much pseudo-psychology on social media lately. Online quizzes cannot diagnose trauma, but they can make people anxious, confused, and more likely to misinterpret their own experiences. Memory is suggestible, and false memories can be encouraged by leading questions.

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Here is a visual explanation of a logical fallacy that underlies several other fallacies: the association fallacy.

This Bezos quote about allocating resources to technology rather than humans is a good reminder to TRACE quotes to the original source before believing or sharing them. In this case, the trail leads nowhere. It is a a fake quote.

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Quick question for teachers: I'm making media literacy lessons, and wondering what format is most convenient for presentations. I was thinking of including both PDF slides + a link to an editable Canva presentation. Is there some other format that is preferable?

I received this comment today. Perhaps the most controversial part of my teaching philosophy is that we should not underestimate what young people are capable of understanding, as long as the topics are taught in an age-appropriate way.

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"Because phones are omnipresent when kids are struggling they’re often struggling through their phones. This makes the phone feel like the source, even though it’s often just the medium through which existing problems travel." Interesting perspective by Nicholas Brody: medium.com/@nbrody_5108...

OMG Someone Just Asked Me About The Anxious Generation Again

Let me describe a surprisingly semi-regular occurrence for scholars who study communication and technology. You’re at school pickup or…

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Critical thinking resources for kids and teens - videos, courses, worksheets, and lesson plans for ages 5-18

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