Critical Thinking

The importance of, and how to develop critical thinking

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Question Everything

Did Curiosity Really Kill the Cat? There is a common saying that Curiosity killed the cat. This is curious. It is as if whoever made up this saying wanted to prevent people from being curious. I maintain that LACK of curiosity leads to fatal consequences. The Kalama Sutta and Its Relevance to Today The Buddha in the Kalama Sutta admonished his listeners, “Don’t believe what is spoken by authorities, or is based on ‘well, everybody knows that’”. Examples abound where whole populations have been hoodwinked into disaster.So when ‘the authorities say that…..’this is Truth and that someone who opposes it …

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Atomic Bomb Explosion and Einstein warning

Cuban Missile Crisis 2.0| The Doomsday Clock: The Alarm’s Ringing–Wake Up!

Are We in Cuban Missile Crisis II, or Worse? The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 nearly resulted in a nuclear war. The likelihood of a civilization ending nuclear war is now greater than it’s ever been, and nobody seems to care.  Read on to find what’s going on. Note: For purposes of this discussion, the terms, “Soviet Union, USSR, Soviet Russia” and related terms all relate to the forerunner of today’s Russian Federation.  The Doomsday Clock was created by a group of atomic scientists who wanted to warn the public of the danger of nuclear war. More on that below. …

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