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Five Tips to Improve Your Critical Thinking

Samantha Agoos · 2016

"Critical thinking is a trainable skill built from five concrete habits — identifying a claim's origin, questioning your own information sources, spotting fallacies, considering other viewpoints, and evaluating your own reasoning process — not an innate trait some people simply have."

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Critical thinking isn't a personality type. It's five specific habits you can practice like any other skill.

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