OT [slightly]: Critical thinking (was re: clarification needed)

Subject: OT [slightly]: Critical thinking (was re: clarification needed)
From: "Kim McGarghan" <kmcgarghan -at- nssolutions -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:48:00 -0500

For some reason I don't believe many of us were actually taught *how* to
think critically; some of us luckily inferred the principles and many of us
are still trying to catch up today.

I recently came across a recommendation for the book cited below on the
Skeptical Inquirer website at (http://www.csicop.org/si/). I'm enjoying the
book immensely, and I've become quite saddened by my own weakness in
critical thinking. I think we (technical writers) are hypervigilant about
language, logic, and consistency because we *are* information communicators
and teachers by nature as well as by training, else our discussions wouldn't
*go here.*

For anyone who is interested, I highly recommend this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0767400135/csicop/107-2593604-2094954

How to Think About Weird Things : Critical Thinking for a New Age
by Theodore Schick, Lewis Vaughn (Contributor)
Paperback - 304 pages 2nd edition (November 1998)
Mayfield Publishing Company; ISBN: 0767400135 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.52
x 9.34 x 6.42

The purpose of the book is ostensibly to teach one how to look at the
paranormal, but it is in fact a whetstone for your brain.

"If you care enough, you can have an impact." Harry Chapin

Kim McGarghan
Senior Technical Writer
Network Storage Solutions, Inc.
14020 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 500
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 834-2234 (work)
(703) 834-2221 (fax)
mailto:kmcgarghan -at- nssolutions -dot- com
http://www.nssolutions.com




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