@{CAP}Radeon what I did say is that even naturally intelligent people can have extremely flawed reasoning. Critical thinking is not intuitive and needs to be taught. This isn’t a question of intelligence but reasoning @{CAP}Radeon

Probably, but I don't likely remember off the top of my head.

Do you think this topic is useful?

Okay. So I made the right call and removed that link example.

Nope

For sure, can't go wrong with the safe approach.

@Beth in terms of the importance of teaching critical thinking in primary school (original topic) yes

We aren’t in primary school

So

Do we have any teachers in here?

What does that matter to the point

This is pointless

And offensive

No

It just causes arguments

Are "Absolutes" used in Critical Thinking?

Discussion

He seems to have proclaimed himself the teacher... And he is talking down to everyone in here because they're not formally trained in the art of Critical Thinking.

Teachers who talk down to people aren’t good teachers

Most people don’t interpret “all” statements as absolutes in colloquial language @William Dinan

It also concerned me specifically about that image because Obamas presidential portrait was the same artist.

@Beth what about Gordon Ramsey

He’s a chef

Critical Thinkers do?

He teaches cooking

He's an expert

On a reality tv show

@William Dinan depended on the type of conservation

In real life. He is a chef and teaches @Beth

He has several very successful restaurants and he's very well known as the foremost authority on cooking.. And we know this.. I don't know you! You're not world renowned either!

His teacher was the same way in terms of yelling @Beth

Eh, I'd not compare Ramsay to the general education system. Many people are already aware of his mannerisms and his methods of teaching and accept these sorts of behaviors when they are aware of them from the beginning.

To eliminate doubt don't use it.

@Beth https://youtu.be/Vw-qfzYxK94

Even if I wasn't aware of them from the beginning, i'd accept them on principle that he is who he is and knows better than I.

@james j I don’t really give a shit about Ramsey

@Maw I was just addressing the “talking down”. Lightening the mood

@Maw it worked

And since they accept those conditions from the start, they are highly more likely to develop mechanisms to deflate his rhetoric intrinsically.

Yeah, not saying you did anything wrong.

Just joining in on the conversation!