Five simple strategies to sharpen your critical thinking | BBC Ideas
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Is the sky really blue? That might seem obvious. But sometimes things are more nuanced and complicated than you think. Here are five strategies to boost your critical thinking skills.
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1.Beware of confirmation bias
-much more likely to accept information that we already know
-actively prepared to change your mind
2.Embrace nuance and complexity
-something that seems self-evident can be more nuanced than you think
3.Practice intellectual humility
-try to understand other person perspectives
4.Check your sources
-lookout of ulterior motive/vested interest
5.Avoid fallacies
-straw man fallacy,ad hominem fallacy
Ty! This summary is pretty helpful. :D
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This video perfectly breaks down complex ideas into simple, digestible strategies. I especially loved the part about intellectual empathy and avoiding fallacies. So relevant in today’s world! 👏
This is indeed a valuable, brilliantly-articulated compilation on how to promote critical thinking. I truly appreciate this channel's range of content! :)
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@CanUDraw Thank you and yes, I try to. :)
Nice, we need critical thinking, especially in today's world. Here are a few more steps:
1. Be tolerant.
2. Consider the feelings of others and yourself.
3. Ask questions.
4. Be skeptical, yet be open-minded.
5. Understand others' views, even if you don't agree.
6. Do research.
7. Don't jump to conclusions.
8. Always be curious.
Why should we be all tolerant and fuzzy? Many bad times in history needed a stronger approach- I think misinformed online perceptions are often dangerous, need confronting, big time.
Yes, that's great admonition and education for us to learn and remember. Sometimes, we need to be a little bit serious and decisive for getting better.@@mstarr4812
but sometimes we also need to be tolerant, esp. when the things have ambiguous and extremely complex characteristics or aspects.😃@@mstarr4812
What does „be tolerant“ mean?
It‘s far too unspecific.
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The BBC teaching critical thinking! Oh the irony!
What do you mean?
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U r not critically thinking 😅
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Critical thinking is good - especially when applied to the modern narrative of sensitive topics.
This is hysterical coming from the BBC who's entire raison d'etre was to fuzzy the thinking of the British people.
Her: What color is the sky?
My brain: ay mi amor ay mi amor
BBC ideas have seriously made my grey cells actually think deep😌..Thank you❤️
This is a fine video on WHAT to do to sharpen your critical thinking skills. Now I need detailed videos on each point on HOW to apply these skills in everyday situations.
I learned most of this when I took philosophy in college...I wish more people took philosophy, it's way deeper than most of us believe it is.
What else could be better than the collab of BBC and OU? Do have s'more collab Videos??
Improving critical thinking is much more vital. I should take tong time to develop this skill. I should have the view from several angles may save me from troubles. Many times in my life, the situation is not look like my images, I often give some wrong solutions.
amazing that this was made by BBC, it's like a magician telling the audiance about his tricks before making them
amazing stuff
What!? Critical thinking is way more fun in my case at least. I enjoy learning how i was wrong this whole time so that I get to actually improve.
Intellectual empathy certainly a key nicely done
Great Voice ☺️💞
I think the hard easy effect is something to overcome.
BBC would do right remembering their own lessons here….
This is brilliant content
Use the art of thinking clearly. Be skeptical. Have it read aloud. Respect the source. Dialogue is more valuable than essays.
very explicit and true facts
Hard to control The Subconscious and Emotions.
Or is it?
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i love this channel so much
Hello my dear friend! thank you for the cool video! keep filming! I'll wait for new videos
Worthy one...
These five simple strategies should be on the chyron on every news airing.
It's great content even I still not know how to sharpen my critical thinking..
Just read more! Noam Chomsky, Erich Fromm, Orwell to begin with.
For a beginner, try to solve this equation, "If you go Black, you won't go back!"
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The most dangerous element of critical thinking is “ The Source of Information “
Any data to back up the conclusions here?
Stop media
Clean yr subconscious mind
Eat healthy
Meditate
Motivate yr self
Humour
Exercice
Learn how to spell ‘YOUR’.
We took critical thinking or logic in grade 13 English. There’s so many more fallacies. Sunk cost fallacy is great for looking at whether to keep a car going. It’s a fallacy to think “I’ve got this much invested in this old car, what’s another repair?” Well, possibly not worth it.
You want to improve your critical thinking skills? Do this simple thing. When you find some statement to think about---reverse it. Restate it in its opposite form. When you first heard that statement you immediately had an intuition about its truth and meaning. When you restate it in its opposite ( in one of its opposites ), you now have a second intuition about that statement.
the important is i can answer the question without understanding the following
Has anyone at the BBC seen this ?
Came here because of toxic social media. You encourage people to be skeptical and ask questions, but they think that you want them to treat you nicely. No, its called facing the facts. No emotions or feelings. And they dont want to question. Aye
Graphics are hilarious!
this maybe a hard way to me to do critical thinking at the beginning you can't solve when your not reading a book and not doing to evaluting the problem math first at all you need all process to your goals read some books and dont lost your hope like note talking reading articles and practicing at math sessions i also do this i got only few right answer but you know im not really good at math 😅😆
If a person already intelligent he is already know these things conciously or sub-conciously which you taught in this video and if a person doesn't have critical thinking this video is gonna support one's fool logic.
Yes, it is important to listen to the other side. However, if the other side keeps making arguments that get progressively more extreme to the point where their claims are self-contradictory or impossible then you have to accept the fact that the other side is making things up. You cannot use reason, logic, and reality to debate against someone who is making up arguments that have nothing to do with reality. You have no choice but to conclude that they are liars.
“Sealioning?” Don’t you mean trolling? Critical thinking requires knowledge of a subject that most people lack. Believing you know science because sometimes tells you they’re a scientist often leads to failure. Beware more of liars. They are far more prevalent than you think.
Science itself dulls critical thinking. Have you ever considered that?? We are supposed to believe that they have all the answers? Think about what peer review means. Only a few selected people can prove or disprove any theories or scientific findings! Confirmation bias at its best right there 😂
Critical thinking skills
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I read a book by a theologian who constantly employed straw-man fallacies. He began an argument with the most extreme caricature of his opponents' position, and then at the end of the argument walked back his extreme view of their position so as to attempt a modicum impartiality.
Please translate in hindi
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Once upon a time gradeschool children were taught this; But I guess it didnt bode well for the republicans; so like sooooo many books nowdays; it was eliminated/ banned!
And this is a far more useful and benificil thing to learn then algabra!
Why use critical thinking when all the advice UA-cam seems to give is to "Stop over thinking".. I'm getting mixed messages here...
I sharpened my critical thinking by no longer watching the toxic BBC and cancelled my license.
Wdym?
Lucky you. Here in Germany we can't cancel the license, even if we never watch ARD or ZDF.
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The license fee for the BBC is an absolute bargain. Toxic - I think not.
@@easilydistracted1397 Only BBC staff think that, grifter job.
Quien mas esta aqui por la clase de HUMA? xD
0:35 i'll do you one better, its a g
Groupthink is the only way,
For a progressive to spend the day,
The experts agree,
Like a devotee,
And in the echo chamber stay.
The best, and most important information is banned.
who is here for hw?
A few distinctions and examples that explains little about critical thinking.
i just wasted 4 minutes 50 seconds hearing stuff I already heard presidents, teachers, principals lecture kids about in 100 different programs
You're wrong. Everybody's wrong, about almost everything, even if only a little. That's just the nature of knowledge. You can only ever hope to be less wrong. But if you're not intentionally seeking your own misunderstanding, your own misguided beliefs, especially those so dearly held, not only are you unlikely to become less wrong it is highly likely you will become more wrong.
The cartoons are extremely distracting. TED videos are equally horrendous.
Study logical fallacies. Begging the question is another super common one.
The idiotic British politicians should read this BBC video. Don’t lies to the World
Bbc teaches how to critically think😭😭🤣
Your journalists need this the most.
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And Channel Four.
and your comment is a great example of ad hominem attack
This video seems to have been liked and appreciated by many people. Perhaps more BBC staff involved in news reporting should watch it.
I find this ironic coming from the BBC.
You've identified your bias against the BBC. Now what?
Wow! Such clear explanations. Thank you for everything. ❤️ [PS ~ I just made some notes from this video to share with my students.]
not understood , it was fast
Same here
One thing I do that has served me well is when listening, reading, watching a video is when finding myself biased more than a bit is to reread as if I'd never heard of the subject before, as if I have no opinion about it. Most times I do find that if I have the desire to persue the topic to learn as much as I can or at least as many different opinions that I can find whatever opinion I did have prior to this changes.
Oh boy, The BBC news could take .e lessons or two from this video when reporting to the nation!!!
I was just thinking this. The BBC's very 'selective' reporting... their interviewers could learn a lot from this too.
haha so true!
A much needed skill esp. in these times. Thank you, as always, BBC Ideas. Your videos are very useful and brilliant.
and you got a heart because you agreed with their views! Haha!
@@TheSoulBlossom man of culture
Thanks, it is a great video. However, I would like to see a summary part in the final part of the video, it would be better to remember main points again shortly.
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You guys are truly awesome. Have a good day!
I would advice to combine somehow this product with BBC English Learning and provide some vocabulary explanations. This can seriously boost your audience. I am getting a lot of good information from your videos, as well as brushing up my English.
We're glad to hear that you're brushing up on your English as well as learning something new from our videos. And who knows, perhaps in the future we'll be able to collaborate on a project with our colleagues from BBC Learning English 👍
Best video ever. Such thoughtful animations and sound effects - that add to/ clarify/ deepen the message quite beautifully. The content is presented in a succinct and straightforward manner. Kudos.
Thank you Shruthi for such a great feedback! 😊
I really needed to watch this. Thank you!
00:34 Strategies to navigate through and avoid falling out with people
01:08 Confirmation bias affects our ability to process information.
01:42 Be prepared to change your mind
02:16 Critical thinking involves being open to new perspectives
02:50 Practicing intellectual empathy leads to more productive outcomes.
03:24 Knowing the source of information is crucial for critical thinking.
03:58 Avoid straw man and ad hominem fallacies in critical thinking.
04:30 Critical thinking leads to a more curious, educated, and harmonious society.
Don't watch the bbc or other media will help.
This is garbeg. Trust me if you don't follow this, you will have better critical thinking.
Critical thinking is all about having a better reason for your believes?
So always ask questions and varify if the argument and conclusion is valid and rught or not.
"The colour blue has a short wavelength, meaning it scatters more than other colours [TRUE] making it more visible to the human eye [NONSENSE]." Strategy five - AVOID FALLACIES.
This is a very helpful guide on been able to think critically. Thank you very much for sharing and I'll put these five tips to such as I live my day-to-day life.
We need this more on our society
Hearting comments which only say nice things about this video. Good job BBC ideas!
Brilliant by all means. However I wonder why such critical thinking is not applied in British War reporting. Unfortunate amount of information biased is evident. Sadly people will start to loose faith on such media outlets on the long run.
Discernment > critical thinking
Thanks, but critically thinking your very last statement re critical thinking skills lead to understanding. Or maybe they increase the vicious responses by your opponent to match your skills of telling them so.
be actively prepared to change your mind, beware of confirmation bias
something that seems normal can be more nuanced than you think, think of things you know in a broader or more intricate aspect
have intellectual empathy, try to understand where another is coming from
check your sources ! basics of scientifically methodology
4:10 The excessive use of pop art in this video turn it to an LSD trip 🤑
Surely, they missed the most obvious and most important tip? Ask questions - lots of them, all in some way related to the thing on your mind. Try to find correct answers / honest opinions.
Isn't the claim at the end that critical thinking will lead to a "more curious, educated, and harmonious society" itself an unproven claim that should be questioned and tested? Okay, being open-minded could equate with curiosity and perhaps critical thinking will help with that, but this appears to be something to be taken on faith and not provable by any standards of epistemological validity such as a priori or a posteriori reasoning. I suppose curious in the interest of finding out whether or not a particular argument is sound and valid might be plausible, but this seems rather limited. I don't see how it will lead to a broader form of curiosity. Claim #2--"more educated." Ah, the formal education appeal. I've met plenty of so-called "educated" people who more often than not used their education to support whatever argument they were trying to make. In other words, the outcome had been pre-determined. They knew all the words to say, what postures to take, and how to frame their argument to make it appear above reproach. Their prejudices and assumptions were very much below obvious notice. Educated in a minor sense of being more knowledgeable seems a safer claim to make, although the stakes seem rather low. We need to define what we mean by educated and to determine if this is something that is even testable. And lastly, a harmonious society. This one I have the hardest time agreeing with. It seems to assume that just by adopting a more critical approach to life's problems, the end result will be humanity being miraculously absolved of human self-interest and all the baser passions that whether we like it or not tend to rule our existence, and that our biological programming will somehow be overcome. So could the problems in Ukraine and Gaza have been avoided if both sides had been critical thinkers? Seems naive. In fact, I would venture to say that those in power might actually be hostile to critical thinking if it went against their objectives. This is why the intellectual class is so often under duress in totalitarian states. Harmonious indeed.
It really helps in improving my thinking. Thanks for this video
Fantastic video, thanks!
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Oprah Winfrey and Barack Hussein Obama need to work on #3.
So educating.
Thank you for this.
Skeptically interesting 🤔🧐
Great video
And you got a heart for expressing a view that they like! :)
Misinformation 😁 You can't be this and that, That's impossible!!!
An amazing video production!!😍
And you got a heart because you said something nice to them!
@@TheSoulBlossom I appreciate what you said, thank you. I felt that something done so incredibly shouldn't go unappreciated. Take care Marcin, my best wishes.