Comment: This quote highlights the importance of self-awareness and challenging one's own biases in order to truly think critically. It warns that intelligence and knowledge of logical reasoning alone are insufficient - a willingness to examine one's prejudices and preconceptions is essential for genuine critical thinking.People can be extremely intelligent, have taken a critical thinking course and know logic inside and out.
Yet they may just become clever debaters, not critical thinkers, because they are unwilling to look at their own biases.
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In-person, 7–11 September 2026, Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
In-person, 7–11 September 2026, Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
We are living and working in conditions of uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change. Many leadership approaches still rely on control, expertise, and tools that no longer fit the realities people face.
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