Writing Aids Critical Thinking What's the difference between writing and critical thinking?

Jordan Peterson recently tweeted:

The best way to teach people critical thinking is to teach them to write because there’s no difference between that and thinking.

Credit: Jordan Peterson

I would disagree that there is no difference, but writing certainly forces me to assess my ideas critically.

When I write and put some logic and structure to my ideas, I realize how poorly formed some of them are, which compels me to think more deeply about them. Sometimes things resolve themselves quickly, but other times it takes years.

I have so much unpublished material in Evernote that I am unhappy with which I keep coming back to, as I know, given time, something in my mind will click into place, and it will, at last, all make sense, and I can publish it.

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