I think that one of the primary challenges of becoming a critical thinker in our contemporary world, is being able to become more objective in our thinking than subjective. This is a tremendous challenge for most of us due to the fact that it is very difficult for human beings to think critically about a given situation without their thinking process being affected by their subjective opinions, and/or emotions, interfering with the clarity of their rational thinking process. This challenge is exacerbated by the fact that the information that we receive in our contemporary world has already been subjectively filtered by other individuals, which makes it difficult to trust much of the information that we receive, which detrimentally affects
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Thinking clearly may seem like a very simple activity, but being able to think clearly involves a great deal of cognitive discipline, that requires an individual to be able to focus on the subject matter that is being analyzed despite distractions. This makes it necessary for an individual that is seeking to become a critical thinker to ignore all of the thoughts that they are having that are not related to this subject matter that is being analyzed. Without having the discipline to be able to quiet the mind and to focus properly, it is very difficult to become an effective and proficient critical thinker. A third important challenge of becoming a critical thinker, is gaining the amount and level of knowledge that is necessary to become an effective critical thinker. This is due to the fact that in order to become a critical thinker an individual must have a vast amount of knowledge from which to draw upon, in order to be able to critically analyze a situation in a manner that will lead to the development of valid rational conclusions. This is exacerbated by the need for an individual to gain a great deal of knowledge in so many diverse areas of subject matter, in order for them to be able to become an effective critical thinker. An often underestimated challenge of becoming a critical thinker is developing the level of confidence in one's thinking ability that will allow one to trust one's critical thinking ability to the degree that they would trust their own observations and conclusions, despite opposition from
Thinking clearly may seem like a very simple activity, but being able to think clearly involves a great deal of cognitive discipline, that requires an individual to be able to focus on the subject matter that is being analyzed despite distractions. This makes it necessary for an individual that is seeking to become a critical thinker to ignore all of the thoughts that they are having that are not related to this subject matter that is being analyzed. Without having the discipline to be able to quiet the mind and to focus properly, it is very difficult to become an effective and proficient critical thinker. A third important challenge of becoming a critical thinker, is gaining the amount and level of knowledge that is necessary to become an effective critical thinker. This is due to the fact that in order to become a critical thinker an individual must have a vast amount of knowledge from which to draw upon, in order to be able to critically analyze a situation in a manner that will lead to the development of valid rational conclusions. This is exacerbated by the need for an individual to gain a great deal of knowledge in so many diverse areas of subject matter, in order for them to be able to become an effective critical thinker. An often underestimated challenge of becoming a critical thinker is developing the level of confidence in one's thinking ability that will allow one to trust one's critical thinking ability to the degree that they would trust their own observations and conclusions, despite opposition from