Thread: Critical Thinking

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Thank you, I believe that needed to be said. Although, while watching I pondered; does critical thinking result in larger brains over time and what sorta tests could be used to determine if that were true and if it were true is there any limit to how big the brain can get ?

Critical thinking is a thing of the past, believing what your told, now that works!

This video should be a requirement before each post on the internet.

[quote name='johnflesh' date='27 December 2009 - 08:59 PM' timestamp='1261965566' post='86922']

This video should be a requirement before each post on the internet.[/quote]



This book should be a requirement for citizenship...

[quote name='johnflesh' date='27 December 2009 - 08:59 PM' timestamp='1261965566' post='86922']

This video should be a requirement before each post on the internet.

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I agree. I saw it posted recently and upon watching, I noticed this guy has other great videos as well.

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='27 December 2009 - 09:11 PM' timestamp='1261966309' post='86932']

This book should be a requirement for citizenship...





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I will check that out, Kmiller. Thanks.

[quote name='Bluegrass' date='28 December 2009 - 01:05 AM' timestamp='1261980301' post='86971']

I will check that out, Kmiller. Thanks.[/quote]



I strongly suggest going for an earlier edition. Alan's edits and additions kind of obscure the brilliance of the original book. The second edition is quite good. You can get it used on Amazon.



I found the points in the video very similar to Hayakawa's methodology for dissecting how language is used. One of the most basic methods to try and lower the level of generality in order to precisely understand what is being said.



For example (and to make it relevant to PH), it is popular to use a kind of shorthand categorization of people in order to make discussions simpler and express raw emotions toward your opponent (leftie, righty, socialist, birther, commie, warmer, truther).



Hayakawa called these "growl words." They tend to obscure accurate thought.



So when Gypsy or Pragmatist called me a "birther," the real meaning is anger toward me for pursuing a line of thought that is potentially damaging to their politics.



Hayakawa would say Birther1 does not equal Birther2 and would appropriately LOWER the level of generality into more refined categories.



Growl words and their Mirror opposites, Purr words are the heart of idiotic political discussion, but they tend to work on the general public and politics is far more about emotion and presuppositions than accurate thought.

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='28 December 2009 - 04:45 AM' timestamp='1261993543' post='86979']

I strongly suggest going for an earlier edition. Alan's edits and additions kind of obscure the brilliance of the original book. The second edition is quite good. You can get it used on Amazon.



I found the points in the video very similar to Hayakawa's methodology for dissecting how language is used. One of the most basic methods to try and lower the level of generality in order to precisely understand what is being said.



For example (and to make it relevant to PH), it is popular to use a kind of shorthand categorization of people in order to make discussions simpler and express raw emotions toward your opponent (leftie, righty, socialist, birther, commie, warmer, truther).



Hayakawa called these "growl words." They tend to obscure accurate thought.



So when Gypsy or Pragmatist called me a "birther," the real meaning is anger toward me for pursuing a line of thought that is potentially damaging to their politics.



Hayakawa would say Birther1 does not equal Birther2 and would appropriately LOWER the level of generality into more refined categories.



Growl words and their Mirror opposites, Purr words are the heart of idiotic political discussion, but they tend to work on the general public and politics is far more about emotion and presuppositions than accurate thought.

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Then I will surely be interested in this book, considering that labeling and attacking the label is a tactic that I often cringe at.

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='28 December 2009 - 03:45 AM' timestamp='1261993543' post='86979']

I strongly suggest going for an earlier edition. Alan's edits and additions kind of obscure the brilliance of the original book. The second edition is quite good. You can get it used on Amazon.



I found the points in the video very similar to Hayakawa's methodology for dissecting how language is used. One of the most basic methods to try and lower the level of generality in order to precisely understand what is being said.



For example (and to make it relevant to PH), it is popular to use a kind of shorthand categorization of people in order to make discussions simpler and express raw emotions toward your opponent (leftie, righty, socialist, birther, commie, warmer, truther).



Hayakawa called these "growl words." They tend to obscure accurate thought.



So when Gypsy or Pragmatist called me a "birther," the real meaning is anger toward me for pursuing a line of thought that is potentially damaging to their politics.



Hayakawa would say Birther1 does not equal Birther2 and would appropriately LOWER the level of generality into more refined categories.



Growl words and their Mirror opposites, Purr words are the heart of idiotic political discussion, but they tend to work on the general public and politics is far more about emotion and presuppositions than accurate thought.

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I ordered this book immediately after reading this post. Thanks for the heads up miller.