#criticalthinking

@COVID19_DISEASE

Capitalism has never been a death cult, but a murder cult.

Now it's ramped up with ignorance and fear and the #dunningkrugereffect

Yeah, 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.

This affects critical thinking, moral philosophy, and media analysis skills.

Thanks Reagan.

https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now

#literacy #criticalthinking #education #k12 #civilization #neofeudalism #democracy #fascism #serfs #CovidIsNotOver #h5n1

#3GoodThings

1. Student 1 said how much she loved the #Poe stories we've read thus far this quarter ("Masque of the Red Death," "The Black Cat," "The Man of the Crowd").

2. Student 2 said he was excited to be writing an essay on how Poe's absurdism anticipated Camus' nihilism.

3. Student 3 wanted to hear more about why I thought transitions were so important to a successful argument.

#CriticalThinking
#Humanities
#Literature

@georgetakei

Yeah, 54% of American adults read at the grade 6 level or lower.

Many of them are elected officials now.

This affects critical thinking, moral philosophy, and media analysis skills.

Thanks Reagan.

https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now

#literacy #criticalthinking #education #k12 #civilization #neofeudalism #democracy #fascism #serfs

"But even critical thinking is not a panacea against fascism-some of the twentieth century's greatest thinkers, including the philosopher Martin Heidegger were fascists." Jason Stanley *Erasing History*

#Books #Philosophy #Fascism #CriticalThinking

Along the lines of what I've been saying about asking questions, being curious and promoting curiosity, avoiding talking points, and sticking to core values in discussion.

This applies to political dogma as well.

"The only thing that can get someone to think critically about their dogma is to think about their foundation for the dogmas, which is their sense of themselves, their worldview, and their social identities that are important to them."

(Probably paraphrased slightly.)

https://youtu.be/lzr_1jEkq7Y

#ReligiousTrauma #AbuseCulture #MindControl #Manipulation #religion #CriticalThinking #psychology

I used to be able to search for things using a search engine. It would point me to a source of information, I could decide for myself if the source was good or not. But not anymore. Recently I just wasted a lot of time trying to find something using a search engine only to get lost in an ocean of AI slop.

I finally gave in and asked my question to ChatGPT and it answered my question perfectly, it even showed me where it got it’s sources of information. The places it linked me to were either no longer existent (if ever) or only vaguely related. But it at least created the appearance of citing factual sources of information, in whatever way the statistical models have been trained to give that impression to the humans who use it.

In Orwell’s novel “1984,” we saw how a single government agency took all control over information, how the staff would keep a database of facts but constantly alter these facts to fit the view of reality that their despot “Big Brother” wanted the citizens to believe. The same thing happens now with LLMs presenting a very carefully tuned image of the facts in the database.

AI chat bots are an innovative new method of brainwashing, one which nobody could have ever imagined possible even a few years ago: get everyone to trust a mechanical Big Brother because it chats with you like a friendly fellow human would.

(Full article here.)

#AI #tech #internet #politics #ChatBot #LLM #ChatGPT #Orwellian #GeorgeOrwell #BigBrother #CriticalThinking #SearchEngine #Fediverse

If you only apply your critical thinking skills when you disagree with something you aren't actually a critical thinker.

#CriticalThinking

A #criticalThinking exercise reduced Dems' #fakeNews sharing intent, but not Reps' (N > 1k).

CT exercise: answer 3 questions (with an alluring-but-false option), and then read correct answers, explanations, and instructions to think more reflectively.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07578-5

The Slow Collapse of #CriticalThinking in #OSINT due to #AI https://www.dutchosintguy.com/post/the-slow-collapse-of-critical-thinking-in-osint-due-to-ai

BREAKING NEWS: People believe fake images! Apparently, if you slap a picture of #Bigfoot on a grainy photo, the world goes bananas. Next time, try reading the *actual* article instead of just ogling the pretty pixels.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/apr/12/28-fake-images-that-fooled-the-world #fakeimages #misinformation #criticalthinking #newsmedia #socialmedia #HackerNews #ngated

Don’t settle for one AI’s answer.

Just like smart researchers use multiple sources, savvy AI users triangulate. Ask ChatGPT and Claude. Gemini and Grok.

Different LLMs = different perspectives = deeper insight.

More views = clearer truth. #AI #LLM #CriticalThinking

https://wiobyrne.com/one-ai-isnt-enough/

I heard Annihilation was about grief or relationships. I'm interested af in Scavenger's Reign.

I feel like we have a rough indentation / substructure of how we will process things from birth, but that every event thereon will shape it further.

As well, we know ourselves in reference to others: "I'm like A, not like B, but most like C. What lies beyond C? I might see myself reflected best over there."

"Rules do not exist to bind you; they exist so you may know your freedoms."
Parameters outline a given environment within which to experiment and explore. It's one antidote to Blank Page Syndrome, for example.

https://nebula.tv/videos/talefoundry-fiction-about-nobody/

#art #sociology #psychology #neuroscience #neurodivergent #neurodiverse #neurodiversity #human #humans #people #person #personal #InTheLabDoingStuff #learning #philosophy #ontology #science #ScienceMastodon #ScienceOfScience #ScienceMatters #sci #SciPost #study #research #learn #explore #anthropology #system #systems #SystemsThinking #SystemsAnalysis #CriticalThinking #CriticalAnalysis #fun #interesting

I have to disagree entirely about personifying the automated house in There Will Come Soft Rains (fantastic name), but otherwise yes. This is exactly my understanding.

https://nebula.tv/videos/talefoundry-fiction-about-nobody/

It's also a good description of why I feel so confused by others.
People tend to feel more secure (than I do) in their identities as individuals, group members, and (neurotypical / neurodefault / neurorigid) humans.

#art #sociology #psychology #neuroscience #neurodivergent #neurodiverse #neurodiversity #human #humans #people #person #personal #InTheLabDoingStuff #learning #philosophy #ontology #science #ScienceMastodon #ScienceOfScience #ScienceMatters #sci #SciPost #study #research #learn #explore #anthropology #system #systems #SystemsThinking #SystemsAnalysis #CriticalThinking #CriticalAnalysis #fun #interesting

Facts don't matter.
#CriticalThinking @skepticism

#KristiBurke (a.k.a. Jezebel Vibes) on how to encourage more #women to speak about #atheism on #YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOucyUDetNI

As the #political climate in the #US. has intensified, her work has expanded to confront the rise of #Christiannationalism and #authoritarianism. Through a thoughtful, balanced lens rooted in #criticalthinking, #empathy, and a commitment to productive action, she aims to empower others to resist and engage meaningfully with the world around them.

The Slow Collapse of #CriticalThinking in OSINT due to #AI

#OSINT used to be a thinking game. Now it’s becoming a trusting game & that should terrify you.

…analysts running solid investigations, then slowly shifting more & more of the thinking to #GenAI tools …You use #ChatGPT to summarise a document or #translate a foreign post. Then it’s helping draft your reports. Then it’s generating leads. And eventually, you’re not thinking as critically as you used to.

https://www.dutchosintguy.com/post/the-slow-collapse-of-critical-thinking-in-osint-due-to-ai

Was, wenn die Teilung Russlands nicht Frieden bringt, sondern Chaos?
Grenzen sind nicht nur Linien auf Karten – sie bewahren Geschichte, Spannungen und Realität.
→ Den vollständigen Artikel auf Medium lesen.

https://medium.com/@ptit.tolier/should-russia-be-divided-democratic-utopia-or-geopolitical-mirage-42a1c189288d

#Geopolitics #Russia #Decolonization #Borders #Sovereignty #PostEmpire
#MediumArticle #CriticalThinking #Democracy #Nations #Ukraine #news
#PowerStructures #PoliticalMorality #EmpireLogic #GeopoliticalAnalysis
#UkraineCrisis #WarAndPeace

April Fools' Day
by @badastro #CriticalThinking @skepticism

The surge of ai and its ignorance of taste, making things better by adding more, and so on, is correlating with the average lack of consideration for #creation, #art and #artists and global #antiintellectualism ; highlighting global reluctance to partake into any activity requiring to think by oneself. #literacy #criticalthinking #CriticalLiteracy #literacyMatters #ai #artificialintelligence #medialiteracy #populism #facism