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To question is to consider, not refute
One key question is what to rethink. The case for being quick to rethink taken-for-granted assumptions, intuitions, and opinions is clear. It’s less obvious how we should approach deeper knowledge, core beliefs, and sacred values.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
It’s habitually asking “in what ways could I be wrong?” instead of “where can I find evidence that I’m right?” It’s this willingness to look at things one or two layers deeper that characterizes a higher quality of thought. While most people,
Patrick King • Learn To Think Using Thought Experiments: How to Expand Your Mental Horizons, Understand Metacognition, Improve Your Curiosity, and Think Like a Philosopher
Early in life, we were repeatedly told: “There are no bad questions.”
This is valid encouragement for beginners, but it is poor guidance for everyone else.
Most of us — even highly intelligent people — don’t know how to ask good questions (which is okay), and we never learn how (you decide i... See more
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