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pyrrhonic  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How to think for myself and how to become a more critical thinker?

I have been actively pursuing skepticism for much of my adult life. By this I DO NOT mean what the term has come to mean, but closer to the original Greco-Roman philosophy. I like to play different worldviews off of each other. Take a certain issue, say a failing school, and then think of how different ideologies would approach it. What would a libertarian do? What would a Keynsean liberal do? What would a conservative Muslim do? What would an eco-hippie do? And so on.

Having original ideas, though, that's harder. Most of my original ideas just come to me. I'm sure there's some tips for creativity out there.





user-inactivated  ·  3391 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a really great way to look at things. I should try that.