Critical Thinking Paper
Activity Reflection The softchalk lesson was actually very helpful when looking at the penguin flying article. It talked about that critical thinking involves having an open-mind and being honest when facing personal biases. The quiz about common beliefs I found very interesting as I have always heard that mozart makes babies smart and that more people have suicidal thoughts when it is dark out. It made me realize that I made to question common beliefs and see what proof is actually behind them. Also seeing the difference between the two websites and realizing that I may of source the first one was a source even a week ago was alarming. Understanding that facts can be twisted more easily than you would think to back …show more content…
The internet is growing in size everyday and it's valid that you know how to discern reliable sources from the unreliable ones. The article BBC launches iPlayer campaign with flying penguin footage,” is the source I'm going to be evaluating in this paper. The author is clearly visible on the top right side of the paper. However there isn’t any other information other than her name. If you wanted to make sure you had a good source you should look to see if their credentials are listed after their name. In this class there is none. The author is with a reputable organization in England, the Brand Republic, which is a marketing, news and job finding site. When I attempted to look up other articles or even information about the author I couldn’t find anything about them which makes me question their credibility when writing this article. The article was written to get the attention of BBC viewers and the public. The point of writing this article was get people interested in the Player by using the topic of flying penguins. The issue of the penguins evolving the ability to fly all of a sudden was only talked about by the one man in the video, but the was no expert scientists mentioned. The information presented in this article is pretty basic. It doesn’t say how long they been flying or why they are the only types of penguins that can
Activity Reflection The softchalk lesson was actually very helpful when looking at the penguin flying article. It talked about that critical thinking involves having an open-mind and being honest when facing personal biases. The quiz about common beliefs I found very interesting as I have always heard that mozart makes babies smart and that more people have suicidal thoughts when it is dark out. It made me realize that I made to question common beliefs and see what proof is actually behind them. Also seeing the difference between the two websites and realizing that I may of source the first one was a source even a week ago was alarming. Understanding that facts can be twisted more easily than you would think to back …show more content…
The internet is growing in size everyday and it's valid that you know how to discern reliable sources from the unreliable ones. The article BBC launches iPlayer campaign with flying penguin footage,” is the source I'm going to be evaluating in this paper. The author is clearly visible on the top right side of the paper. However there isn’t any other information other than her name. If you wanted to make sure you had a good source you should look to see if their credentials are listed after their name. In this class there is none. The author is with a reputable organization in England, the Brand Republic, which is a marketing, news and job finding site. When I attempted to look up other articles or even information about the author I couldn’t find anything about them which makes me question their credibility when writing this article. The article was written to get the attention of BBC viewers and the public. The point of writing this article was get people interested in the Player by using the topic of flying penguins. The issue of the penguins evolving the ability to fly all of a sudden was only talked about by the one man in the video, but the was no expert scientists mentioned. The information presented in this article is pretty basic. It doesn’t say how long they been flying or why they are the only types of penguins that can