WELCOME TO CRITICAL THINKING

We tend to think heavy objects make heavy noises, large animals leave large tracks, or dainty creatures move gracefully. These inferences...

How often do opponents of analytical thinking try advocating their position with a comparison but their comparison is just wrong?...

Looking at news narratives, we hear almost daily about conspiracy theories of organizations all working together to do something...

If you are rolling dice and get on a hot streak, do you actually have any influence on the results? Intellectually we know that each...

Do you actually see cause and effect like when you are looking at a tree? Observe billiards and see the white Cue Ball impacting into the...

Everyone has probably heard the advice about making good first impressions, right? That’s because we know how damaging a negative first...

Too often judgements are made based upon less than perfect information. Hey, my wallet was not on my dresser. I remembered having it at...

Lately we hear people and experts talking about random samples. We want to know how effective masks are or how many people had positive...

While I was staying at this hotel, my laptop wouldn’t boot up again after we returned from sightseeing all day. I pushed the buttons and...

We were planning a trip to the city, intending to do some sightseeing and have a good meal. Sharing with a friend I was then told a story...

And now for my next trick, watch as I pull a rabbit out of this empty top hat. Just like a magician is knowingly performing a trick,...

A young boy had a slice of bread and was asked if he would like some toast. The lad was unsure, but it was an adult asking the question,...

When I came home from work, my spouse asked how about my day and I grumbled an answer “fine” and trudged into my room to change clothes....

Maybe our biggest problem as a people is our flawed ability at pattern recognition. When it happens in a simple situation, usually no...

A person is killed by police. Terrible tragedy in a headline, but how often do you see any critical thinking at work in explaining the...

We have all this data thrown at us. Various pundits cite studies and show us graphs and statistics to persuade people of their...

It is rather funny how people can have confidence in their answer for an indeterminate type problem where the role of facts versus...