Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
1985 followers · 1773 posts · Server mas.to

WHY FORGIVENESS IS THE F-WORD:
-Hijacked by religion
-Weaponized by abusers to enforce compliance
-Victim blaming "Why can't you just forgive?"
Instead, ACCEPT REALITY by asking:
What happened? Who did it? Is it a pattern?
Then use that knowledge to make appropriate choices - including whether to give the guilty party continued access to your life.

#counselor #psychology #exchristian #criticalthinking #reality #wisdom #ReligiousTrauma #abuse #forgiveness

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Strypey · @strypey
2504 followers · 26123 posts · Server mastodon.nzoss.nz

"It's part of being human to want to have easy answers, to want to be part of something bigger than yourself."

, How to Become a Cult Leader

"Cult beliefs are often a house of cards. If you were to discredit one piece of it, the whole thing will come down. Therefore, it's really important to shut down any kind of critical thinking. "

, How to Become a Cult Leader

#dianebenscoter #asharangappa #cults #criticalthinking

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@kevinrns I think there are distinctions to be drawn among gossip, sharing experiences and information, authoritative sourcing (data driven or expert analysis) and promotion. For many users, social media experience involves all of these. I’m not sure you can teach people to “use good judgment,” but identifying is always a skill worth developing.

#fallaciousarguments #criticalthinking #socialmedia #gossip #promotion #advertising

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Dmitry Kudryavtsev · @skwee357
57 followers · 378 posts · Server mstdn.social

@janriemer I think most people don’t like, or want to think for themselves. They’d rather outsource this to the masses.

Seneca used to say
“Do you ask me what you should regard as especially to be avoided? I say, crowds; for as yet you cannot trust yourself to them with safety.”

And I agree with him. Developing self, and critical thinking, is the one things you can do to improve your life and well being.

#criticalthinking #freewill #stoicism

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Jennifer Anns Group :verified: · @stopTDV
21 followers · 109 posts · Server games.ngo
Lorraine C. · @dancingdogs
563 followers · 7180 posts · Server forall.social

Thanks to @ct_bergstrom

1: An Introduction to Bullshit
1.1 Introduction to Bullshit.
Bullshit is everywhere, and we've had enough. We want to teach people to detect and defuse bullshit where ever it may arise.

callingbullshit.org/videos.htm

#lecture #usa #learning #criticalthinking #teaching #free #video

Last updated 1 year ago

📣 Announcing the winning critical thinking games:

⭐ Corporation, Inc.
- KSU Narrative Game Lab

⭐ Figure It Sprout
- David Li, Quang Nguyen, Gaby Sanchez, Kitty Huang, Isaac Orozco

⭐ Mushwhom?
- Collin Lang, Knitwit Studios

The winning critical thinking games and remaining finalists will be published over the next 6 months.

Congratulations to all of the finalists! And a big thank you to the outstanding judges whose expertise and wonderful feedback will help us prepare these games for publishing.

@edutooters @publichealth @communicationscholars @stopTDV @gamingagainstv

#criticalthinking #videogames #nonprofit #publichealth #education

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Nick Byrd · @ByrdNick
927 followers · 568 posts · Server nerdculture.de
OhSnap!Dragon · @DrOinFLA
1007 followers · 7737 posts · Server lounge.town

@mlevie
This semester, I'm teaching Ursula K. LeGuin's short short story, "She Unnames Them."
I'm curious as to how my students will react.
And even if they have the critical thinking abilities to be able to identify the setting and main characters.



#criticalthinking #professor #professorlife #literature #books

Last updated 1 year ago

Being a Europhile doesn't mean you endorse Eurocentrism. I believe in the EU's vision of inclusion and cooperation among nations. At the same time, I'm skeptical of Eurocentric narratives that perpetuate colonial dominance. The two are not mutually exclusive.

#eu #europhilia #eurocentrismsux #criticalthinking

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Nando161 · @nando161
899 followers · 38691 posts · Server kolektiva.social

Anti-science people are trying to censor and get "fact checking" completely deleted from australian media, namely murdoch and co.

getup.to/AYqzJEfV1JCZ4oiy

#factcheck #australia #AusGov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #petition #getup #science #criticalthinking #murdoch

Last updated 1 year ago

Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
167 followers · 4411 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

Challenging | Can You Change 's Mind?
youtube.com/watch?v=EYOuDVZD4p

They tell us "prayer works"...but is it true? Let's explore the idea that god answers prayer to see if it's even possible within the worldview.

#prayer #god #christian #atheist #atheism #criticalthinking

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Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
1972 followers · 1755 posts · Server mas.to
Sharon of the Strange Times · @idoubtit
1860 followers · 1033 posts · Server mstdn.social

It’s always been tough for a more rational voice on fringe topics to break through to the pro- communities who blacklist even marginally critical voices. It’s worse now with fractured social media. Silos are stronger than ever. The audience has decreased 10-fold. Not exaggerating.

#criticalthinking #paranormal

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Timothy Caulfield · @CaulfieldTim
1253 followers · 53 posts · Server noc.social

Our information ecosystem has become a massive false-balance machine.

Needed: more accurate representations of the scientific consensus.

My new piece: Is bothsidesism killing us? (And why scientific consensus matters) healthydebate.ca/2023/08/topic via
@healthydebate

#vaccineswork #gmo #climatechange #publichealth #criticalthinking #misinformation #science #scicomm

Last updated 1 year ago

Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
1967 followers · 1748 posts · Server mas.to
A.Stringer · @Annekin
110 followers · 884 posts · Server mstdn.social

A story about the descent of into the (which reminded me of the from Stranger Things)

on following her ‘doppelganger’ down the rabbit hole – and why millions of people have entered an alternative political reality | Naomi Klein | The Guardian
theguardian.com/books/2023/aug

#criticalthinking #altrightwing #misinformation #conspiracytheories #conspiracy #naomiklein #UpsideDown #MirrorWorld #naomiwolf

Last updated 1 year ago

Sharon McCarthy · @ienvision
40 followers · 344 posts · Server tmi.community

bbc.com/news/world-europe-6659

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin 'on board' crashed Russian plane

Let the theories begin! I have multiple ones competing in my head as I type!

is a

#criticalthinking #superpower #putin #wagner

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Pac · @mr_pac
23 followers · 22 posts · Server mas.to

Education and as tools in the battle against FAKE NEWS: world-education-blog.org/2023/

The main reason fake news goes viral is a lack of critical thinking. Part of the population doesn’t know how to *think critically* and doesn’t analyse the information they are given. @skepticism

#criticalthinking

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Sharon McCarthy · @ienvision
38 followers · 324 posts · Server tmi.community

"The main reason fake news goes viral is a lack of critical thinking. Part of the population doesn’t know how to think critically and doesn’t analyze the information they are given."

And if some in the US have their way, the dearth of critical thinking will strengthen to the point of idiocracy.

world-education-blog.org/2023/

#criticalthinking #education #edutooters

Last updated 1 year ago