Americans Are Void of Critical Thinking Skills

americanthinker ^ | Oct. 13, 2015 | Patricia L. Dickson

[PROCON]

Never has there been a time in history requiring that an individual be equipped with critical thinking skills more than now. The biggest problem that America is facing today is the inability of the vast majority of the citizenry to think critically. Matt Drudge went so far as to say that Americans are sick. Lack of the ability to think critically is a mental symptom that affects all people regardless of their level of education, economic status, age, race, ethnicity, sex, or political party (although it appears that liberals are more likely to lack such skills). If we are to ever bring America back to the point where she is great again, the majority of the citizens are going to have to acquire and hone critical thinking skills.

Why is it imperative for the citizenry to be able to think critically? Because the mainstream media has abandoned its responsibility of reporting facts in exchange for distracting, distorting, propagandizing and protecting. The public education system also ran by liberals, has dumbed down the quality of education in exchange for explicit (non-age appropriate) sex education and revised negative American history. For these reasons, individuals must master the ability to think critically in order to navigate through the lies and distortions coming from the mainstream media so that we can elect people based on his or her record of accomplishments, stance on important issues, and the substance of his or her rhetoric.

[Defiant]

Are they devoid of them, too?

[angry elephant]

Public Schools: Mission Acomplished.”

If Trump wins maybe he will make Carson the head of the Department of Education. Carson seems to have provided a lot of reading opportunities for youth of all sorts.

[puppypusher]

What’s this “Americans are void of critical thinking skills”?What a load of crap.

I think that your average American conservative can generally outthink any liberal any day of the week.

Most liberals are lucky that they can determine when they should get out of the rain.

[PROCON]

Did it occur to you that the author may have purposely used “void” as opposed to “devoid” to prove point?

[huldah1776]

bmp4L8R

[alexander_busek]

Did it occur to you that the author may have purposely used “void” as opposed to “devoid” to prove point?

All he proved is his poor understanding of the English language.

Regards,

[central_va]

The GloBULL Warming hoax is the best example of PC thought and lack of critical thinking on a huge scale.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

When faced with an article that is void of a real topic and fails to point the reader to its true purpose, the reader has to asked several questions of the writer. We must always ask questions in order to get to the facts. This is how critical thinking actually works. If one is asking questions, he or she is thinking.

“The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.” ― Alexander Hamilton

The natural disposition is always to believe. It is acquired wisdom and experience only that teach incredulity, and they very seldom teach it enough. The wisest and most cautious of us all frequently gives credit to stories which he himself is afterwards both ashamed and astonished that he could possibly think of believing. - Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)

The signal benefit of FR is that it enables us to discuss articles and ask our questions among ourselves. Here, we can pool our “incredulity,” and sometimes get to the bottom of things. Imagine being Buckhead after seeing the obvious telltales that the “Texas Air National Guard Memos” were bogus - and not having any mechanism for sharing it widely.

And imagine us, falling for that con for weeks . . .

[Dante3]

bttt

[knarf]

/8^)

[PeterPrinciple]

Because thinking is hard work, most people would rather someone else do the thinking for them.

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From the article and the real problem.......................

[Defiant]

LOL.

[Roger Kaputnik]

Liberals and Democrats are void of critical thinking skills.

[PROCON]

All he proved is his poor understanding of the English language.

The author is a she.

So, there :-)

[Frank_2001]

“That means changing our whole educational system from the college administrative levels right down to the kindergarten teacher.”

After working 2+ jobs to pay outrageous taxes, rents, gasoline, food etc., most people just do not have the stamina to attend a PTA meeting or engage in conservative activism of any kind. And don’t think Big Government is not thrilled with THAT situation!