Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking

1 Hold your own mind and thinking processes as objects of
  your thinking.  Gurdjieff called this "self-observation".
  Without it, you can never have Free Will.

2 Realize that what you think is true is actually a _model_
  of reality, which may be inaccurate in many ways.

3 Realize that you can _change_ that model to make it more
  accurate.

4 Access _all_ the sources of information that you can find.
  This is essential because many sources are full of
  untruths (some of which may be intentional and self-serving).
  Especially access sources which disagree with your current
  beliefs.

5 Understand and apply the Principle of Non-Contradiction:
  An assertion and its negative cannot both be true.

6 Compare the information in the sources you access with
  your current model of reality, and use the Principle of
  Non-Contradiction to determine the truth and falsehood of
  the information in those sources and in your current model.

7 Update your model of reality so it contains the most
  accurate information you've found in the comparisons.

8 Go to step 1.