Critical Thinking
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
American Optimist 
the Knowledge Project 
Masters of Scale 
No Priors
4 statements about Critical Thinking, every show
Liemandt: You Do Not Understand a Debate Unless You Can Steelman Both Sides
“How we measure that is, can you argue both sides of the debate? And no matter who you are, if you can't steal me on the other side, you don't understand the debate.”
Liemandt: Critical Thinking Impossible Without First Imparting a Factual Base
“If you don't give them a fact base, then their opinions are just making stuff up. You have to reason over a fact base.”
Intel's Nachman: Critical thinking will differentiate workers vulnerable to AI mistakes
“In reality, people who are experts can take what they want out of it and know what to ignore. And it's really people who don't have that capacity are probably more vulnerable to the mistakes that these systems actually make. So, you know, I would, honestly, cr…”
Wojcicki: Critical thinking develops best through active practice like journalism
“The thing that helps critical thinking development the best is doing it. And that's where the whole journalism thing comes in because you have to think critically every day when you are writing stories and analyzing data and figuring out who said what and does…”