Episode 63 – Is Critical Thinking Critical: Another Just Two Ones Discussion

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Welcome to another “Just Two Ones” episode where Danielson and I talk about a bunch of thoughts connected to Critical Thinking with a short special appearance from Woodrow.  Let’s blither …

ORIENTING THOUGHTS:

1) “Moving beyond I don’t know” (Danielson)

2) Memorizing is not learning. (Danielson)

T-SHIRT IDEAS:

1)”Read Widely” & “Imagine the Unimaginable” both by Danielson

2) “Just Two Ones Among 7.9 Billion” by Steve The Hopeful Humanist. Click here to discover the changing world population … https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

QUOTATIONS:

1) “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution” – Einstein 

2) “Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action” – The Foundation for Critical Thinking. Click here for a deeper dive into a definition for critical thinking … https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/defining-critical-thinking/766

RESOURCES:

1) Penn Jillette: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/tuesday-march-23-2021-harry-connick-jr-penn-jillette-and-more-1.5959037

2) Stephen Brookfield: https://www.amazon.ca/Power-Critical-Theory-Liberating-Learning/dp/0787956015

3) Micheal Patrick Lynch: https://www.amazon.ca/Know-All-Society-Dogmatism-Arrogance/dp/1631493612

 

Thank-you for joining me here at the Hopeful Humanist Cafe for on-going conversation about mental health, happiness, and the good life.  Together, creatively we can try to make our lives healthier and more meaningful.  

Peace, take care, be well, and share!

Episode 62 – Xanadu Relaxation Manoeuvres – Soaking in Vulnerability, Mindfulness, and Waxing Poetic about Critical Thinking

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Welcome to a glimpse into a snippet of a private sharing from myself to Captain Jack.  From the outside, I must say, this episode is definitely unconventional and hopefully it will not prove to be a slippery slope (haha!).  The flavour of this episode is reminiscent of my “T-shirt ideas, novel first sentences, and et cetera moments” concept piece. Here, literally,  I am soaking in some thoughts about a quote, share a T-shirt idea, and instead of a novel first sentence offer a stream of consciousness outpouring on critical thinking.  I hope you enjoy it! 

Orienting Quote: “There is nothing certain except that nothing is certain, and nothing more wretched than Man nor more arrogant.” Pliny … Taken from page 12 of “KNOW-IT-ALL-SOCIETY,” by Michael Patrick Lynch.  What do you make of the quote? 

T-shirt Idea: How is your big left toe? (Body Scan activity)

Concluding Question: What did I miss?

Resources:

1) Get critically reflective by reading “Know-It-All-Society,” by Michael Patrick Lynch.  Hopefully, you can access it at your local library or click here to buy it from Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/Know-All-Society-Dogmatism-Arrogance/dp/1631493612/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QPP5VH7T2PG0&dchild=1&keywords=know+it+all+society&qid=1617469743&sprefix=know+it+all+society%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-1

2) Interested learning about Logical Fallacies, click on this website: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/common-logical-fallacies

3) Curious about the other book I am reading?  It is called, “Happiness,” by Darrin M. McMahon.  I am sure I will have more to say about this book in the future.  Here is the link to Amazon – https://www.amazon.ca/Happiness-History-Darrin-M-McMahon/dp/0802142893/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=happiness+by+Darrin+M.+McMahon&qid=1617474237&sr=8-1

Lock-Down Activity:

For those of you like myself, who will be going into another lock-down, after reviewing the above information about logical fallacies, you can listen to the speech I have attached to see if you can spot any of the fallacies.  It is an activity to flex one’s critical thinking muscle.  Click on this You Tube video to listen to the speech – https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030.html.  

Please email me at hopefulhumanistcafe@gmail.com to share your cool tool resources for others to consider for their spiritual tool boxes and/or any activity that you think can nurture the human need for creativity.  

Thank-you for joining me. This episode is a preamble to my upcoming episode with Danielson where we will talk a whole bunch more about critical thinking and the critical thinking mindset.  

Peace, take care, be well, and share

——The Hopeful Humanist