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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| People who are not being logical will admit that they are not being logical. | This is false. Illogical people almost never admit they're not being logical. In fact, logic tends to make them angry. |
| People who are not being logical will notice that they are not being logical. | This is false. Illogical people tend not to realize they're not being logical. They think they're making perfect sense. |
| People who are thinking emotionally will recognize that they are being emotional rather than logical. | No they won't. They'll tell you that you're the one not making sense. |
| A person who vehemently insists that he is being logical is always correct that he is being logical. | False. In fact, the more someone shouts, the less logical he is likely to be. |
| If I feel that I'm being logical and I feel that everyone else is being an idiot, that means I'm right and they're all wrong. | Nope. It could turn out that you're the one who's wrong, so check your evidence and rethink your logic before you go on. You might find that you should change your mind. |
| If you believe something, that means that thing is true. | Nope. Any belief could turn out to be false, no matter how passionately you believe it. |
| When you consider a new question, the first thing you should do is figure out what you already think about the issue. | Wrong. The first thing you should do is find out what the facts are. After that, you work out the logical implications of those facts, and carefully consider all the arguments given on all sides. Only when you've done that should you think about making up your mind. |
| A rational person is one who believes what I believe. | Wrong. Your belief might be irrational, in which case you really should not believe it! |
| A logical person always sets her existing beliefs aside, and tries to reason her way to whatever conclusion is actually implied by the totality of the evidence. | Correct. That's the only way to be a logical thinker. Doing it any other way is irrational or dishonest. |
| When comparing two opposing articles, the one that agrees with you is the one that "has the facts," and the one that disagrees with you is "only giving his opinion." | Not necessarily. The one you disagree with might be the one giving facts, and the one you agree with might be the one that's ignoring the facts. You have to look at the evidence before you decide who's right. |
| You can check your beliefs by seeing if you feel they are true. If you find that you feel that one of your beliefs is true, that means it is true. | This is not true. The only way to actually check a belief is to compare it to the actual implications of the actual facts. |
| If I feel that a claim is supported by evidence, that means it is supported by evidence. | False. The only way to tell if a claim is supported by evidence is to look at all the actual evidence and see if any of that actual evidence supports that claim. If there is not a piece of evidence that you can describe in detail, then the claim is not supported. If you can't say what the evidence is, then there is no evidence. |
| Once you've made up your mind, you never have to stop and think about whether your belief is true or false. | False. You always have to stop and think about whether your belief is true or false. |
| If you use the words "fact," "evidence," and "logic" in your papers, that means your thesis is logically supported by the totality of the available evidence. | False. Using those words does not mean that you're doing those things |
| Logical people tend to get angry when people disagree with them. | No, that's illogical people who tend to do that. |
| Critical thinkers do not resort to denigrating their opponents, suggesting they don't understand stuff, or asserting that they disagree for dishonest reasons. | That's right. Critical thinkers don't do those things. Those are things that fools and liars do, |
| When writing a paper, you should you reason from the known facts to whatever conclusion best explains those facts, or should you stick to whatever conclusion you happen to like, and say whatever you can think of to get other people to agree with you. | You should reason from facts to conclusions, not from beliefs to BS. |
| In critical thinking, what matters most? | What matters most is how a person deals with evidence and logic. |
| If there were millions of people who think you are the smartest person alive, that means you're pretty smart. | It doesn't matter. These people might all be complete idiots. |
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