Thread by @ArmaniTalks

Critical thinking boils down to 4 variables:

1. Data points (experience)
2. Ability to control emotions
3. Ability to connect patterns
4. Ongoing information acquisition (curiosity)

When one or more variables are off, judgment is disrupted

In the age of Information, Its not information that is key.

'Then what is?'

Critical thinking

Critical thinking allows you to convert the information from the outside world to meaningful content to your internal world

Without that, danger can ensue...

'Danger?'

Ya

People with poor critical thinking faculties are capable of a lot of sinister acts

They claim moral judgment

But relying to much on moral judgment can have you virtue signaling & judging

We all think we are 'right.'

Well, our ego atleast does.

That's not true

Relying on the ego too much can have you making Ill informed decisions

Our ego processes life via OUR experiences

When we interact with humans, the goal is to understand how they view their life from THEIR experiences.

That's where critical thinking serves importance

You may not always get the right answers

But you'll get better answers vs, groupthink, blindly listening to the mainstream media & being emotional

Critical thinking is composed of 4 variables

If one or more of the variables are off, then your thinking can become compromised

Let's go thru this list..👇

1. Data points (experience)

The more experience you get, the more refined you should become

Granted that you are recalling & learning from that experience via introspection

Experience is key, because its personal

Doesn't matter if it's a win or loss

If its experience, its personal to you

And this gives you an EDGE in critical thinking

But theres a catch.

'Which is?'

You want a somewhat vast array of experience

If you do the same thing every day..every month...every year

Then your experience may be lower quality than someone with more data points

2. Ability to control emotions

The greatest critical thinkers can fail at this stage

And it's sad to witness

Humans are emotional creatures first & logical creatures second

The game of maturity comes down to controlling the chaotic emotions so we can use sound judgment

Trying to critically think when you can't control your emotions is like driving your bike in a hurricane 5.

You'll be blown away

Control your emotions with slow & silent breaths

Your breath is a remote controller
For the internal world

3. Ability to connect patterns

This one requires logic

The ability to see patterns not only within one subject

But the ability to cross combine subjects as well

Logic allows you to use boolean principles to reach sound conclusions

'Boolean?'

Just picture true & false conditions make sense of the world

Example:

All cats are animals

-true

All animals are cats

-false

Conclusion: all cats are animals, but not all animals are cats

4. Ongoing information acquisition (curiosity)

Curiosity will ensure whether your critical thinking skills age like fine wine or like spoilt milk

Critical thinkers become questionable when they buy into their own hype

When they think they know all

In reality, that's when they begin their journey to Lose it all

☆1 hour of curiosity will have you learning more than 5 hours of focus

That's because curiosity is subconscious

Focus is conscious

Curiosity makes you become Benjamin Button

Ask yourself which of the variables you can work on

No one is perfect

So begin

One of the main takeaways is that thinking is a solo process

Others can't think for you.

They will just tell you what to think

Which happens every day

In the Information age, brainwashing someone can be boiled into 3 steps

1. Outrage them
2. Plant belief
3. Repeat

Guard your mind

There are going to be a gargantuan level of Information in the upcoming ages

All information with an INTENT.

An intent to get you to see the world in a certain way

Don't be so damn gullible

Human nature isn't always pretty

Work on your critical thinking rather than blindly believing shit so quick

4 variables.

Experiences
EQ
Pattern connection
Curiosity

4 variables to take back control of your mind

And keep the control for life

Let your thinking faculties get better with time!

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