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Rules of Thinking, The
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Rules of Thinking, The

by Richard Templar
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 15m
English
Pearson Business
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RULE 96

Don’t believe it just because everyone else does

If you’re one of nature’s conformists, always wanting to fit in with the group, you’re going to find critical thinking more challenging. There’s certainly nothing wrong with being a team player, one of the gang, but it’s not going to make things easy for you. That’s because it’s really important to understand that a thing isn’t automatically so just because everyone else seems to think it is. I talked about this in Rule 1 and its importance in terms of your values and beliefs.

And it’s important when it comes to critical thinking too. If we all thought the same way, all followed the same logical paths, how would anyone ever have a new thought? How would Darwin have developed his theory ...

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ISBN: 9781292263823