Critical Thinker Habitually Pulls Back the Curtain

[Flint]

Originally Posted by coberst

I agree, everyone is a "trust but verify" thinker.
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Originally Posted by Flint

How do you know what kind of thinker "everyone" is? I mean, think about it--that's crazy.

Originally Posted by coberst

How does an accomplished tennis player recognize a neophyte tennis player?

Read the question, as stated, with the emphasis on EVERYONE. You aren't qualified to make a statement about everyone.

You are working with a limited data set, on which you have performed limited experimentation; yet you are stating a definitive conclusion. The only arena where your assumption about the cognitive processes of EVERYONE carries any weight, is inside your own mind.

If, as you say, EVERYONE is a *** thinker, then one might conclude that is a hard-wired trait in the human mind. This is if you have used "everyone" in its literal meaning of 100% of all people. However, to go out on a very short, very sturdy limb, I might surmise that your intended meaning was "everyone [except I, coberst]." In which case the plausibility of your statement sinks to new, uncharted depths.