Critical Thinking...

bigDog said:
The importance of my knowing about my biases is that I will be aware when I defend a government issue that should be condemned. Many of us are not aware of our own biases. We therefore allow them to cloud our reasoning and decision making.
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are you saying your bias is right and other people bias is wrong?
 
nakujua said:
out of curiosity, what is the connection between critical thinking and biases
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I'm sorry I didn't answer this earlier.

A bias is an unreasoned belief in a topic or issue. It's an irrational belief. Our brains tend to create shortcuts in order to preserve energy and time. We therefore create habits and some level of "automation". Ask a mlevi who drinks near home and he will tell you the car "knows home"
 
bigDog said:
I'm sorry I didn't answer this earlier.

A bias is an unreasoned belief in a topic or issue. It's an irrational belief. Our brains tend to create shortcuts in order to preserve energy and time. We therefore create habits and some level of "automation". Ask a mlevi who drinks near home and he will tell you the car "knows home"
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People who are biased hold those irrational beliefs such that they will not accept any idea that contradicts their beliefs. Refer to the Allegory of the cave that I posted earlier.

By its definition (see video above) critical thinking demands that we suspend belief and follow the facts that support an argument. For example, is the earth flat or a globe? There are some people that are biased and ignore all the evidence that the earth is a globe. Such people are not critical thinkers.
 
bigDog said:
There are a number of assumptions that I have to make while answering this question. I will assume person A and B are perfectly OK living in Mbotela. Assume persona A buys a plot in Joska and builds a house worth 5m and moves in. Person B remains at Mbotela and invests 3m in government bonds and 2m in the stock exchange. Who will be ahead in 10 years?
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Land in kenya especially for the past 10 years has been appreciating greatly, best case scenario for both I think land would come on top, some crazy returns over the past decade.
 
bigDog said:
I'm sorry I didn't answer this earlier.

A bias is an unreasoned belief in a topic or issue. It's an irrational belief. Our brains tend to create shortcuts in order to preserve energy and time. We therefore create habits and some level of "automation". Ask a mlevi who drinks near home and he will tell you the car "knows home"
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wouldn't that point to a lack of critical thinking when bias is involved, or is the shorcut, the preservation of energy and time in itself a form of critical thought process, putting our brain on autopilot kind of preserves it for more critical issues, but then again a brain tends to work better when in constant use.
 
nakujua said:
wouldn't that point to a lack of critical thinking when bias is involved, or is the shorcut, the preservation of energy and time in itself a form of critical thought process, putting our brain on autopilot kind of preserves it for more critical issues, but then again a brain tends to work better when in constant use.
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You cannot fully apply critical thinking if you are not aware of your own bias. Any biased reasoning prevents you from making the right conclusions. Being aware of your biases is knowing yourself. Being able to criticize your own thinking.

Have a look at this list of biases and tick all the boxes that you might be guilty of. Share your learning here if possible.

https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-...f-so-you-can-be-the-very-best-version-of-you/
 
bigDog said:
I know I have my own biases. I'm not the best to bring up this topic. I request you to drop your biases here.

This thread is just for addressing your biases whatever they are. No one should judge you for posting anything here.

@Meria please allow people to post anything they feel it's positive or negative.

Only on this thread please pin it for posterity.
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Msee alete mbuzi
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nakujua said:
Land in kenya especially for the past 10 years has been appreciating greatly, best case scenario for both I think land would come on top, some crazy returns over the past decade.
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That's true. Land has been appreciating at a very high rate. Land that was 800K in 2006 now costs 16m. Crazy figures. However, this won't last long because it's almost over priced now. For example, land in the Mt Kenya region is going for between 500K and 1m per acre. Compare those prices with the neighbouring countries and you will understand why Kenyans are moving out of the country to farm in the neighbouring countries.
 
bigDog said:
What does that have to do with thinking, leave alone critical thinking? You should have created a new thread for that topic and tagged your followers. That's the etiquette we have here. You have not not contributed any useful idea on this thread by way of a question or comment. If you are not interested in whatever we are discussing here, jipe shughuli.

Your post above is distateful and immature. Conoka!
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Pole mùnene. Let me post something useful.

I have always held the view that this world would be better for ever other species in the absence of humans.
Let's take for example how we treat the so called domestic animals. Its actually worse than the slavery the white man subjected my people.
And the stupidest thing about it is that man only lives for a short time then dies. You wonder why subject other species to all the abuse yet its not guaranteeing eternity. And still, the human species is the weakest (physically). A 10-yr old human kid can't hold a 1-yr old goat kid. And they would die in days if left to fend for themselves.

I foresee a natural catastrophe that will soon wipe us out of the face of the earth.
 
Susskid said:
Confirmation Bias is the mother of all Biases
It is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values.
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I usually find that people hold on to their biases so strongly even in the face strong evidence to the contrary. People are usually too invested in their biases such that it becomes part of their identity, and they are unable to let go. So a lot of the time, they seek confirmation bias from like minded people just to feel good about themselves.

I see it play out here in several threads, especially political ones. That's why in many fields, progress usually comes from young folk because they are not too invested in certain biases that blind their seniors.
 
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Aviator said:
Pole mùnene. Let me post something useful.

I have always held the view that this world would be better for ever other species in the absence of humans.
Let's take for example how we treat the so called domestic animals. Its actually worse than the slavery the white man subjected my people.
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I think we treat animals much better than they would be in the wild. We feed and protect them, treat their diseases etc, when it comes to slaughtering them, we do it quickly and with less torture. Out there they have to contend with very fierce predators, famine, adverse weather, loss of young ones... Have you ever watched a documentary and felt pity for the animals? But that's the inbuilt mechanism in nature to maintain balance.
 
Aviator said:
Pole mùnene. Let me post something useful.

I have always held the view that this world would be better for ever other species in the absence of humans.
Let's take for example how we treat the so called domestic animals. Its actually worse than the slavery the white man subjected my people.
And the stupidest thing about it is that man only lives for a short time then dies. You wonder why subject other species to all the abuse yet its not guaranteeing eternity. And still, the human species is the weakest (physically). A 10-yr old human kid can't hold a 1-yr old goat kid. And they would die in days if left to fend for themselves.

I foresee a natural catastrophe that will soon wipe us out of the face of the earth.
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DeepInYourMind said:
I think we treat animals much better than they would be in the wild. We feed and protect them, treat their diseases etc, when it comes to slaughtering them, we do it quickly and with less torture. Out there they have to contend with very fierce predators, famine, adverse weather, loss of young ones... Have you ever watched a documentary and felt pity for the animals? But that's the inbuilt mechanism in nature to maintain balance.
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Let me make it simpler

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Aviator said:
Pole mùnene. Let me post something useful.

I have always held the view that this world would be better for ever other species in the absence of humans.
Let's take for example how we treat the so called domestic animals. Its actually worse than the slavery the white man subjected my people.
And the stupidest thing about it is that man only lives for a short time then dies. You wonder why subject other species to all the abuse yet its not guaranteeing eternity. And still, the human species is the weakest (physically). A 10-yr old human kid can't hold a 1-yr old goat kid. And they would die in days if left to fend for themselves.

I foresee a natural catastrophe that will soon wipe us out of the face of the earth.
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That's a very good, incoherent statement.
 
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