Critically thinking about the drone drama

Thinking about the drone drama

Let’s have some fun! Let’s talk about the recent drone drama but apply some critical thinking to one of the conspiracy theories: that of the Iranian “mothership” off the eastern shore of US. This narrative was spouted by one of the New Jersey politicians where I believe the bulk of the sightings occurred. He postulated…

Text: interviewing doctors. The necessity of critical thinking when interviewing doctors.
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Shouldn’t we have critical thinking when interviewing doctors?

How are these for displaying critical thinking when interviewing doctors? “I don’t have much interest in having sexual experiences with another person” Tara Palmeri, “The Best and the Brightest Newsletter”, Puck, December 2024 “I believe in things that many others don’t – like ‘having a sixth sense’, clairvoyance, and telepathy – and as an adolescent,…

Media literacy: do your research
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Improve online research to improve media literacy

“It’s hard: a recent Nature study found that the more time you spend on the internet trying to validate what is true and not true, you more you go down the rabbit hole of false information. Those who believe outlandish theories are generally people who think of themselves as more intelligent than the average person,…

Don’t fall for this! (Critical thinking lesson)
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Don’t fall for this! (Critical thinking lesson)

It’s time to talk about critical thinking again. There are a lot of deceivers out there – some intentional and some accidentally. So, did you hear about the election fraud of 2024 where there were suspicious “missing” voters? I’ve seen references to this “fraud” and have looked into this and thought about what may be…