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Re: Critical Thinking
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Fri, 1 Dec 2000 18:52:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Digging around, looking for something else, I ran across this rather
> interesting cite...
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> http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html
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> Anyone here have reason to disagree with it? It is in the context of
> evaluating paranormal claims, but has bearing on a lot of what we've been
> bandying about lately.
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> It's just a restatement of scientific method, of course, but well written.
Along these same lines, though in a longer format, is Michael Shermer's
book "Why People Believe Weird Things," which I also recommend for anyone
who'd like to see an application of critical thinking to a range of odd
claims and phenomena, from the pseudoscience of Astrology to some of the
more extreme aspects of Ayn Rand's personality cult.
Dave!
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