Critical Thinking

"Critical thinking is reasonable,
reflective thinking that is focused on deciding
what to believe or do." - Robert Ennis

"It is clear that thought is not free if the profession
of certain opinions make it impossible to earn a living."

Bertrand Russell

Introduction to Critical Thinking

"Better than a hundred years lived in ignorance, without contemplation, is one single day of life lived in wisdom and in deep contemplation." - Dhammapada

"In a world of shallow values, instant gratification, and quick fixes, critical thinking is for those few that see the benefit of intellectual traits, standards and abilities that enable them to cut through the propaganda, the information blitz, and make sense of the world." - Richard Paul

Critical thinking is analytical thinking.

Critical thinking questions are used to explore mental models.

Critical thinking is a process for actively exploring situations looking for a solution to the problem in hand.

Critical thinking involves being skeptical:

identifying ambiguities and assumptions;

identifying contradictions;

deciding whether a definition is adequate;

examining the logic leading to a given conclusion;

judging whether a statement is overly general;

critiquing the application of principles and concepts;

and determining whether a statement made by authority is relevant.

"Thinking isn't rewarded because it isn't wanted.

The idea of creating the need to gain admission to an elite university is to make sure bright students channel their energies in approved ways, leaving as little time as possible for independent study and thinking.

Their study is just a test of ambition, endurance and intelligence.

If a student puts up with such study, he is hooked and will do whatever it takes to get ahead.

The expected result of such Pavlovian training is the ideal corporate, deregulation or academic employee.

One who will automatically think only along approved lines, going along with whatever is demanded of him to get along. "- Raymond J. Rostan

"For our society to suceed and thrive, people must be able to come to conclusions through some sort of deductive process."- Charles W. Buckman

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This website defines a new perspective with which to engage reality to which its author adheres. The author feels that the falsification of reality outside personal experience has forged a populace unable to discern propaganda from reality and that this has been done purposefully by an international corporate cartel through their agents who wish to foist a corrupt version of reality on the human race. Religious intolerance occurs when any group refuses to tolerate religious practices, religious beliefs or persons due to their religious ideology. This web site marks the founding of a system of philosophy named The Truth of the Way of the Lumière Infinie - a rational gnostic mystery religion based on reason which requires no leap of faith, accepts no tithes, has no supreme leader, no church buildings and in which each and every individual is encouraged to develop a personal relation with the Creator and Sustainer through the pursuit of the knowledge of reality in the hope of curing the spiritual corruption that has enveloped the human spirit. The tenets of The Truth of the Way of the Lumière Infinie are spelled out in detail on this web site by the author. Violent acts against individuals due to their religious beliefs in America is considered a "hate crime."

This web site in no way condones violence. To the contrary the intent here is to reduce the violence that is already occurring due to the international corporate cartels desire to control the human race. The international corporate cartel already controls the world economic system, corporate media worldwide, the global industrial military entertainment complex and is responsible for the collapse of morals, the elevation of self-centered behavior and the destruction of global ecosystems. Civilization is based on coöperation. Coöperation does not occur at the point of a gun.

American social mores and values have declined precipitously over the last century as the corrupt international cartel has garnered more and more power. This power rests in the ability to deceive the populace in general through corporate media by pressing emotional buttons which have been preprogrammed into the population through prior mass media psychological operations. The results have been the destruction of the family and the destruction of social structures that do not adhere to the corrupt international elites vision of a perfect world. Through distraction and coercion the direction of thought of the bulk of the population has been directed toward solutions proposed by the corrupt international elite that further consolidates their power and which further their purposes.

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