Misleading Critical Thinking

One must challenge their way of thinking, because the things we think we know can actually be misleading. Most people believe that they are great critical thinkers, and as great critical thinker they do research, to not be fooled by any information that is presented. What people are not aware of, is that the evidence that one seeks out can actually be misleading, because in most cases it only proves the initial beliefs that one already had. This occurs because human tend to be bias about information that goes against their beliefs, or because they just want to confirm their initial belief. In Gilovich’s book, How we know what it’s so, a book about the flaws of every day reasoning, encourages the reader’s to become skeptics, “To truly appreciate the complexities of the world and the intricacies of human experience, it is essential to understand how we can be misled by the apparent evidence of everyday experience. This, in turn, requires that we…challenge what we think we know” (194).In order to become a good critical thinker, one must first acknowledged that the information being looked at can be misleading. For this reason one must be skeptical of all evidence, and challenge the way they think. …show more content…
Most of the time, one only requires “necessary information” for a belief to be seen as true. If one beliefs that texting affects driving, the necessary information would be the fact that they know someone who has been in an accident while texting. The sufficient information is the rest of the evidence that shows when one is texting and not getting into accidents. In most cases people only look at the necessary information because it offers some conformation that their belief is