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WWB Key Ideas
MODE:
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4 minutes
of short abstracts.
Critical Thinking.
Some random key ideas.
1.
Our ideas about the material world are not the material world. There is a split between reality and our descriptions of it.
2.
Quote:
- William Kingdon Clifford.
- 1877.
From History:
Meaning:
Clifford argued that personal belief is a moral responsibility to humanity, not just a private habit. You have a moral obligation to be careful what you believe.
3.
From History: born 354
Life is full of hard choices. In situational ethics, clear-cut right and wrong tend to give way to reducing harm or choosing the lesser of two evils.
4.
As part of critical thinking, the philosophy of journalism can help us enter the age of AI, where truth and untruth live on equal plain. We are entering a time when good authorities will be the go to sources for information.
5.
Quote:
- Socrates.
- 399 BCE.
Meaning:
Socrates taught skepticism and critical thinking. He taught that a life with the seek truth tenant is required no matter what culture and time you live in.
6.
From History:
The story of John Snow in 1854 reminds us that good reasoning corrects weak patterns by letting confidence follow evidence, not fear or public assumption.
8.
Quote:
- David Hume.
- 1739.
From History:
Meaning:
Confidence should rise with support, not desire.
9.
From History: Maya, Illusion.
Your cognitive biases, your predictable distortions in judgment, require conscious correction through disciplined thinking. First step, admit you have them.
10.
Words are empirical when they directly describe the material world, and rational when they help structure, organize, relate, or evaluate ideas.
Done. Refresh for another set.
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