Blog Posts on critical thinking

Schools kill creativity by Mathematics for Teaching on Dec 15, 2011Mathematics for Teaching - This site is NOT about making mathematics easy because it isn't. It is about making it make sense because it does.In this video, Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an educati...

Victor Hugo – Critical Romantic by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Dec 13, 2011French poet, touted as the most influential romantic writer of the 19th Century, Victor Marie Hugo, and his thoughts on: Religion These two haves of God, the Pope and the emperor. God became a man, granted. The devil became a woman. Obstacles to Fame...

Marcos Jr: What Then? by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Dec 2, 2011  The following post is an email from Domingo T. Ligot: Not too long ago Jessica Soho had Bongbong Marcos on a one-on-one interview on live television and, as may be expected, Jessica asked Bongbong what his take was about the past regime of his fat...

FOLLY by Definitely Filipino on Nov 25, 2011It’s amazing (and saddening) how our attention can sometimes be caught and held by the strange, the odd, the unusual, the vain and the vacuous, but readily shuns away the natural, the logical, the normal, the truthful and the virtuous. Our inte...

Campaign Sloganeering by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Nov 23, 2011  This post is an email from Domingo T. Ligot: In his book entitled “The Tipping Point” Malcolm Gladwell wrote about a campaign slogan a long time ago about cigarettes which read “Winstons taste good like a cigarette should”. Slogans like t...

Steve Jobs – Critical Innovator by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Oct 5, 2011American entrepreneur, inventor, founder of Apple, Steven Paul Jobs, and his thoughts on: Life I want to put a ding in the universe. Key Differences Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only on...

Rugby and Pseudoscience by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Sep 16, 2011  Having spent a couple of weeks in New Zealand for a business trip, coincidentally coinciding with the Rugby World Cup, I thought it an interesting interlude to point you to a (rather dated but still interesting) post looking at some pseudoscience,...

How The Web Can Promote Critical Thinking by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Aug 28, 2011 The internet is no longer a new thing, and with the explosion in internet traffic and most recently, social networking media — the pace at which data about everything circulates amongst everyone is faster than ever before. The internet is a p...

Mideo Cruz and the Freedom of Expression by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Aug 25, 2011For the past weeks, Mideo Cruz and his artwork have been feverishly discussed. I had not gone to the exhibit, but I have seen a number of pictures on the internet. Being a former Catholic, I could imagine how some of the Catholics would react. But be...

Most Views Funny Commercial Videos on YouTube by Most Views on YouTube on Aug 21, 2011Seldom do people intentionally watch a commercial especially when shown on regular boob tube. Advertisements are typically short and catchy by sound and images, most of the time combined with text.  They are out there to get our attention, to ...