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January 2014

You Can Handle the Truth!

You Can Handle the Truth

Why Skepticism?

What is the purpose of critical thinking and skepticism? Why bother to engage in all this mental exercise and hard work?

“If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking.” -Benjamin Franklin

The purpose is not to get you and everyone else to think the same way. There are very few “absolute truths”. Variety is not only the spice of life, it is also the thing that drives life forward and makes it interesting.

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Logic is Fascinating

spock_logic2Critical thinking is all about being rational and logical. But for some people, these words make them think that critical thinking is boring, lifeless or dull. Or that you can’t be emotional or passionate or really care about what you are talking about. Yet scientists can be some of the most passionate and caring people you’ll ever meet.

Being a critical thinker isn’t some dry, unemotional approach to life. Unfortunately, it’s gotten kind of a bad rap in some popular shows because people like Mr. Spock on Star Trek (a show which I love, by the way) seem so cold-hearted and unattached. He’s always says that he finds things fascinating, but frankly he’s not exactly the life of the party.Read More »Logic is Fascinating