It is Critical to use our Critical Thinking
One of the things I am grateful for is that my early education included some training in critical thinking. In not blindly accepting whatever you see, hear or read.
Well, seeing is believing they say and if something happens right in front of you – and you can feel the heat, the pain, the happiness, the relief – then you are probably pretty clear about the truth of the situation. Maybe.
But trust what you see on the Internet, or in a link you get in email? Trust what you read on shared posts on Facebook? Pretty much NEVER!
I enjoin everyone to stop and THINK! I’m not saying I have a perfect record in ferreting out falsehoods, but I grow more and more skeptical about the things that cross my eyes and ears.
Today, in two of the usual places I check to catch up on what my friends and family are up […]