This tool will help improve your critical thinking - Erick Wilberding

The most powerful way to win an argument is by asking questions. It can make people see the flaws in their logic.

The Socratic method isn’t for proving that you have the answer - it’s to show the other person that they don’t either

Socrates : why? Socrates' mom : BECAUSE I SAID SO.

I tried to use this with my dad. His critical thinking didn't go up, only his volume.

"We can make anything a quote by putting them into quotation marks" -My critical thinking

Nobody in ancient Greece: Socrates:"WHY?"

I'm a medical student, and I just realised that a lot of my lecturers use this method when teaching us. I've had really bad ones who completely shut down every answer if it's not the "right" one, and make you feel absolutely useless. And thankfully had really good ones, who made you question why is this method used, why not the other, and these lecturers even admit that there is no one right answer to a problem.

Most people are taught that "you only need a good job to become rich". These billionaires are operating on a whole other playbook that many don't even know exists.

Bruh... I always thought that i was asking too much questions. But now I realize that that's a gift. I won't be afraid to ask anymore.

gaining brain cells every time ted ed uploads

I actually took a critical thinking class in university last year and at first the questions seemed like common sense until I got my results back 💀

Honestly feels like we need more of this. Both in schools and just in society in general.

Critical thinking is probably one of the most important life skills a person needs to learn, but it seems to be in short supply of late.

I love how at 4:10 the narrator specifically points out that its success is very dependant on how the teacher uses the technique and that's actually very true. If teachers themselves dissuade you from asking too many questions there's a good chance that you would start restricting your curiosity. I know it can be annoying in a class of 20-30 students for each one to ask so many questions. But instead of flat out stopping a child from asking it can be redirected at the least if nott answered immediately. That's solely my pov though

Might I add: don't wait for someone else to ask you questions about why you believe something. Ask yourself where it's coming from first, no matter what it is you believe, no matter how uncomfortable it may be to question it. You cannot effectively defend your belief from someone else unless you are able to defend it from yourself. "I believe this." "Why do I believe this?" "Because X." "But why X?" "Because Y." "But where did Y come from?" Etc, etc, until you reach the core of it. Or you find a dead end, or it starts to circle. A belief should not defend itself using itself. A belief should stand like a tower, with a clear line of logic based on something that cannot be shaken. Utilizing this method is a very good way to quickly gain a better understanding of yourself and the world around you.

Critical Thinking is an essential skill that should be taught to kids as early as possible. It should be right up there with reading, writing and math.

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." —Socrates (circa. 1569, Australia)

The Ego is threatened by questions it does not know, so it attacks the messenger. Enough bruised Egos and a Witch Hunt will be called out for. Because the only way to settle an Ego is to destroy what threatens it.

One key aspect of this method that, unfortunately, isn't mentioned in the video is that it gets the other person to reach their own conclusion which can be much more effective in getting them to believe it rather than being opposed to an idea simply because it is explicitly stated to them, in lecture form, by another.

I'm sure I have a Socrates in my head because everytime I think if something my brain would start to question with Why's and How's. Often to the point that I start question life and reality itself that it often feels maddening. It also keeps me up at night