Contents
- Task 1: Fact or Interpretation
- Task 2 – Correlation or Cause
- Problem 3 – How strong is the source?
- Task 4 – Find the missing argument
- Task 5: Try to change your mind
- Five questions to a complex answer
- 30 days five minutes.
Here are three statements: after the introduction of the new program, pupil evaluations grew; therefore, the program caused growth; therefore, the program should be implemented everywhere. Where does the fact end and the interpretation begin? If you noticed a jump already between the first and second sentences, critical thinking kicked in.
Task 1: Fact or Interpretation
The fact can be verified. The interpretation explains what fact means. AI can deliver both types of offers with equal confidence.
Task 2 – Correlation or Cause
- Could there be a third factor?
- What happened before the change?
- Is there a comparison group?
- Has the effect been repeated?
- Is there an alternative explanation?
Problem 3 – How strong is the source?
| Source | Check it out |
|---|---|
| Primary study | Method, sampling, date |
| Government statistics | Definition of indicators |
| Company | Conflict of interest |
| Social media. | Origin of the original fact |
Task 4 – Find the missing argument
Ask the AI or interlocutor to defend the position, and then find the strongest argument of the opposite side, which is not in the text.
Task 5: Try to change your mind
- Write down the position.
- List the evidence.
- Write down what would disprove her.
- Find one serious counterargument.
- Decide whether to adjust the conclusion.
Five questions to a complex answer
- What's the main claim?
- What evidence supports it?
- What are the alternative explanations?
- What could refute the thesis?
- What don't we know yet?
30 days five minutes.
| Week | Training. |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fact vs. opinion |
| 2 | Causality. |
| 3 | Quality of sources |
| 4 | Counter-arguments and change of position |
When a beautiful answer becomes cheap, the ability to judge its quality becomes more expensive. Critical thinking is not distrust of everything, but the discipline of checking one’s own and others’ conclusions.
