“Thoughts are tools, not truths”
Its a skill, critical thinking skills. Requires deeper learning than simply having thoughts. One needs to be able to think about their own thoughts.
Yeeees and unfortunately it can get very meta: “I need to think critically” is another “what” to think. Most people would agree that critical thinking is a good thing. Yet, they still fail to actually do it. When pressed, many people can’t even define is means to think critically and even get really pissed when this gets highlighted.
Also to @BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
Much more fewer people know why to think.
Fewer more yet know when to think.
No one knows even who to think.
I don’t even know where to think.
Unironically, you are 100% correct.
That’s why I don’t immediately judge people when they say something I disagree with. I want to know how they arrived at that conclusion. Their reasoning might be solid - just shaped by different life experiences and beliefs that led them to a different view. And that’s okay.
I can still see them as an intellectual, trustworthy person whose opinions matter to me, because I trust they’re capable of independent reasoning.
It works both ways too. Someone agreeing with me means next to nothing if it’s just an adopted view they accepted as fact without ever really thinking it through themselves. The “stamp of approval” from people like that is basically worthless.
Critical Thinking Skills is how we are supposed to think. If we don’t learn how to do that, we substitute chaotic thinking instead, and that’s what leads to MAGA.
How to think… yeah… hmmm…
