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I teach critical thinking not just scientifically, but as a way to assess your own life and your own problems. I do it through a deep respect for truth-telling. Telling ourselves the truth is the hardest thing, but once we begin, the discomfort is where all the answers lie.
I have done this throughout my whole life, even when others tried to drown me in the lies they needed to tell themselves about the social world.
When we are taught to be alert to and recognise real-world patterns, and when we know how to assess science and knowledge, and intersect those two sources of information with our own lived experience as a form of testing, then we can actually get closer to knowing. This is true intelligence. When we can make things that are going wrong more right.
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I am a Social scientist (PhD) & interdisciplinary sociologist. I discuss critical thinking/social intelligence. I blend reflexivity (understanding the self) & logical thinking with sociology. Follow me on Threads and LinkedIn or subscribe to my weekly Substack.
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