This implies a capability to think critically, something that for most of us is an acquired skill -- and one that's given short shrift by too many curricula these days.
Critical thinking skills are more important now than ever, in an environment where speculation and propaganda masquerade as incontrovertible fact. We must learn and practice discernment if we hope to separate wheat from chaff.
A verse from an old hymn comes to mind:
"New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient good uncouth;
We must upward still, and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth."
Something only a critical but open mind can hope to achieve.
𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 ... 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.
This implies a capability to think critically, something that for most of us is an acquired skill -- and one that's given short shrift by too many curricula these days.
Critical thinking skills are more important now than ever, in an environment where speculation and propaganda masquerade as incontrovertible fact. We must learn and practice discernment if we hope to separate wheat from chaff.
A verse from an old hymn comes to mind:
"New occasions teach new duties,
Time makes ancient good uncouth;
We must upward still, and onward,
Who would keep abreast of truth."
Something only a critical but open mind can hope to achieve.