𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺

Critical thinking is not just questioning; it is understanding.

Critical thinking involves much more than identifying errors or challenging ideas.

It requires understanding the context in which a piece of information arises, the demand that motivates it, and the signals that accompany it.

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𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭

Nothing happens in a vacuum. A statement may be valid in one environment and absurd in another.

Understanding the context allows us to place the information in its proper framework: historical, social, cultural, emotional, or even technological. Without that framework, analysis is superficial.

𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝

All information responds to a need, an intention or a purpose. It can be to inform, persuade, manipulate, sell, justify, or simply entertain.

Critical thinking requires identifying the demand: why is this being said? Why is it being said? What for? Who benefits?

𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬

Signals are the clues, tones, silences, and emphases that help us read between the lines. They can be in the language used, in the data selected, or in what is omitted.

Converging signals form patterns.

Developing critical thinking involves training the eyes, ears, and, above all, the mind to detect, interpret, and question.

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