"Every day, we make choices, big and small. From what we eat for dinner to our careers to life-altering decisions, we are continually confronted with challenging and even intriguing complex choices. It can be easy just to follow our usual habits, ask friends and colleagues, or search the internet for advice. Sometimes, we sit back and wait for things to happen, hoping they'll sort themselves out."
"Critical thinking means being aware of what we don't know and actively seeking out different information, even if it's very different from what we've heard before or out of our comfort zone. When you try a new food, if it doesn't taste great, it's still a new experience that can help you understand the tastes you do like and expand your culinary horizons."
Every day people face choices from trivial to life-altering across many domains. People often default to habits, social advice, or passive waiting instead of active evaluation. Critical thinking requires awareness of unknowns and actively seeking diverse, even uncomfortable information. Trying novel experiences can refine preferences and broaden perspectives. Contextualizing information improves understanding and supports more effective future choices while enabling help for others. Critical thinking helps detect deception and manipulation, distinguish fact from fiction, and clarify genuine beliefs and their effects. Deliberate information gathering functions as a guiding compass toward decisions that are more informed and resilient.
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