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7 posts are tagged #critical-thinking; the most recent was published on 2026-08-16.
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What People Good at Languages Have in Common, and How Much of It Is Verified
Six claims repeated as the traits of polyglots, checked one at a time. Starting young, sensitivity to sound, tolerance of ambiguity, overwhelming volume of input, a willingness to be publicly bad at something, and memory
2026-08-16 · 14 min read #english#language-learning#polyglot#evidence#critical-thinkingGood Questions Make Good Answers — The Art of Asking
In an age when answers are everywhere, the truly scarce skill is asking a good question. This essay walks calmly through the Socratic method, first-principles thinking, Toyota's Five Whys, a taxonomy of questions, the co
2026-07-05 · 15 min read #learning#curiosity#critical-thinking#questionsSkepticism — What Can We Actually Know ♪ Listenable
From Descartes evil demon to the brain in a vat and the Gettier problem. We trace the history of skepticism, which asks whether what we believe we know is really knowledge, and explore how healthy doubt differs from cons
2026-06-21 · 34 min read #philosophy#epistemology#skepticism#descartes#knowledgePolitical Polarization — Why Are We Drifting Further Apart? ♪ Listenable
Are we really drifting further apart? This essay distinguishes issue polarization from affective polarization, traces how media, algorithms, identity, and electoral design widen the gap, and searches for the clues that m
2026-06-21 · 27 min read #polarization#politics#democracy#media#psychologyFake News and the Post-Truth Era — What Should We Believe ♪ Listenable
Why do falsehoods spread faster than the truth? From the mechanics of fake news to confirmation bias, deepfakes, the limits of fact-checking, and media literacy. Together we explore how to decide for yourself what is wor
2026-06-21 · 35 min read #misinformation#post-truth#media-literacy#critical-thinking#deepfakeFake News and Post-Truth — An Age When Facts Wobble ♪ Listenable
A liberal-arts essay on the age of fake news and post-truth. It walks through the difference between misinformation and disinformation, confirmation bias and echo chambers, deepfakes and the limits of fact-checking, and
2026-06-21 · 38 min read #misinformation#post-truth#media-literacy#fact-checking#critical-thinkingHow to Define Problems and Ask Questions — The Problem Matters More Than the Answer ♪ Listenable
Solving the wrong problem quickly is the most expensive kind of waste. This piece lays out problem-definition techniques like 5 Whys, reframing, and inversion, along with the structure of good questions, scope clarificat
2026-06-16 · 22 min read #problem-solving#product#communication#critical-thinking#reframing