Chatgpt as a Valuable Thinking Partner ChatGPT and critical thinking

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   June 30, 2023, 09:31. Many people criticize ChatGPT for its potential to harm students’ critical thinking abilities. However, I have a different opinion and believe that it can be a powerful tool to enhance thinking. I plan to write more about this in the future, but for now, in this post ChatGPT: Your critical … Continue reading Chatgpt as a Valuable Thinking Partner ChatGPT and critical thinking

Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Podcast generated by NotebookLM

Close Pop-up All Episodes This is the source material used to create this podcast. Posts where this video is embedded Analyze Assumptions and Biases Probe the assumptions and biases that might be embedded in a chatbot’s responses Analyze Logical Fallacies Use the chatbot to analyze logical fallacies Chatbots and Genai in Knowledge Management Chatbots are more than just … Continue reading Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Podcast generated by NotebookLM

Connecting Beliefs and Evidence David T. Moore

Thinking — or reasoning — involves objectively connecting present beliefs with evidence in order to believe something else. Credit: David T. Moore Comment: True reasoning requires a willingness to adjust our beliefs when faced with compelling evidence, a critical skill in both decision-making and leadership.Books: David T. MooreConnecting Beliefs and Evidence David T. MooreQuotations: David … Continue reading Connecting Beliefs and Evidence David T. Moore

Chatbots as an Aid to Critical Thinking Reasoning and decision-making

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   October 3, 2023, 13:29. From a Knowledge Management perspective, many view chatbots as glorified search engines — tools to look up facts or provide straightforward answers. However, chatbots have the capacity for more conversational interactions to aid complex reasoning and decision-making. In my blook, I am developing a chapter on AI and KM. It … Continue reading Chatbots as an Aid to Critical Thinking Reasoning and decision-making

Philosophy and Critical Thinking Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It is lacking in critical thinking to think that studying philosophy will improve your critical thinking. Credit: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Books: Nassim Nicholas TalebPhilosophy and Critical Thinking Nassim Nicholas TalebQuotations: Nassim Nicholas TalebPhilosophy and Critical Thinking Nassim Nicholas TalebTags: critical thinking (49) | Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1) | philosophy (8)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Pixabay (Pixabay)This … Continue reading Philosophy and Critical Thinking Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Are Smart People Ruining Democracy? Dan Kahan (2018)

Posts where this video is embedded Analyze Assumptions and Biases Probe the assumptions and biases that might be embedded in a chatbot’s responses Analyze Logical Fallacies Use the chatbot to analyze logical fallacies Chatbots and Genai in Knowledge Management Chatbots are more than just question/answer machines Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Stimulating critical thinking is one of the most … Continue reading Are Smart People Ruining Democracy? Dan Kahan (2018)

Leveraging Chatbots to Aid Critical Thinking Skills David Gurteen

By interacting with chatbots in innovative ways that encourage examining issues from different perspctives, we can sharpen our critical thinking skills. Credit: David Gurteen Source: Leveraging Chatbots to Aid Critical Thinking SkillsPosts where this quotation is embedded Analyze Assumptions and Biases Probe the assumptions and biases that might be embedded in a chatbot’s responses Analyze Logical Fallacies … Continue reading Leveraging Chatbots to Aid Critical Thinking Skills David Gurteen

Critical Thinking Paradox Chris Meyer

People want you to think critically until you actually do it. Credit: Chris Meyer Books: Chris MeyerCritical Thinking Paradox Chris MeyerQuotations: Chris MeyerCritical Thinking Paradox Chris MeyerTags: Chris Meyer (1) | critical thinking (49)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Pixabay (Pixabay)This quotation is part of a  blook on Conversational Leadership. It is one of many quotations that … Continue reading Critical Thinking Paradox Chris Meyer

Chatbots Should Supplement Not Replace Human Critical Thinking David Gurteen

The goal is to use chatbots to supplement, not replace, human critical thinking and evaluation. Credit: David Gurteen Source: Leveraging Chatbots to Aid Critical Thinking SkillsPosts where this quotation is embedded Analyze Assumptions and Biases Probe the assumptions and biases that might be embedded in a chatbot’s responses Analyze Logical Fallacies Use the chatbot to analyze logical … Continue reading Chatbots Should Supplement Not Replace Human Critical Thinking David Gurteen

Freethinkers’ Mindset Leo Tolstoy

Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for critical thinking. Credit: Leo Tolstoy Books: Leo TolstoyFreethinkers’ Mindset Leo TolstoyQuotations: Leo TolstoyFreethinkers’ Mindset Leo TolstoyTags: … Continue reading Freethinkers’ Mindset Leo Tolstoy

Chatbots Lack Nuanced Communication Skills David Gurteen

While immensely capable, chatbots have significant limitations compared to human cognition. They lack nuanced communication skills, grounded world knowledge, critical thinking, and sound judgment. Credit: David Gurteen Source: Limitations of ChatbotsPosts where this quotation is embedded Analyze Assumptions and Biases Probe the assumptions and biases that might be embedded in a chatbot’s responses Analyze Logical Fallacies Use … Continue reading Chatbots Lack Nuanced Communication Skills David Gurteen

Teaching Critical Thinking Richard Dawkins

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you. Credit: Richard Dawkins Books: Richard DawkinsTeaching Critical Thinking Richard DawkinsQuotations: Richard DawkinsTeaching Critical Thinking Richard DawkinsTags: critical thinking (49) | Richard Dawkins (2)Google Web Search Photo Credits: Pixabay (Pixabay)This quotation is part of a  … Continue reading Teaching Critical Thinking Richard Dawkins

The Decline of Reading We need to enhance reading comprehension skills

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   July 3, 2024, 07:34. People are reading less and understanding less of what they read, which is a societal problem. Social media and short online content make it hard to focus on longer, more complex writing. We often skim articles instead of reading them carefully, which makes it hard to understand complex ideas and … Continue reading The Decline of Reading We need to enhance reading comprehension skills

Extraordinary Claims Need Extraordinary Proof The Carl Sagan Standard

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   January 28, 2024, 20:15. “Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof,” a saying often credited to Carl Sagan, highlights a fundamental scientific and critical thinking principle. It means that if someone makes an unlikely or unusual claim, they need solid and convincing evidence to support it. Such claims, which go against what is typically accepted or … Continue reading Extraordinary Claims Need Extraordinary Proof The Carl Sagan Standard

Critical Thinking’s Role in Nurturing Curiosity A conversation between Peter Boghossian and Will Reusch

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   July 21, 2024, 21:52. In a captivating YouTube conversation, Peter Boghossian and Will Reusch discuss the importance of critical thinking for nurturing curiosity, challenging assumptions, and stimulating intellectual humility. They also discuss various educational techniques, including Socratic questioning and practical experiments, highlighting how these methods encourage openness to new ideas and rational discourse. Reusch, … Continue reading Critical Thinking’s Role in Nurturing Curiosity A conversation between Peter Boghossian and Will Reusch

Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything by Bryce G. Hoffman (2017)

In this book, Red Teaming, Bryce Hoffman shows how the most innovative and disruptive companies, such as Google and Toyota, employ Red Teaming techniques. A red team is a team that is formed with the objective of subjecting an organization’s plans, programmes, ideas, and assumptions to rigorous analysis and challenge. He also shows how many … Continue reading Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything by Bryce G. Hoffman (2017)

Teaching Critical Thinking Alone Is Not a Solution to Helping People Question Their Beliefs David Gurteen

Teaching critical thinking alone is not a solution to helping people question their beliefs, it simply helps them to better post rationalize their beliefs. Credit: David Gurteen People: David GurteenDavid Gurteen Keynote speaker, writer and conversational facilitatorBooks: David GurteenA Conversation Architect Designs Strategic Conversations David GurteenAPM Conference: Conversational Leadership David Gurteen (2016)Being Truthful Versus Telling … Continue reading Teaching Critical Thinking Alone Is Not a Solution to Helping People Question Their Beliefs David Gurteen

The Myth of Thamus and Theuth in the Age of AI Does GenAI harm our critical thinking skills?

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   July 25, 2024, 08:59. GenAI’s potential negative impact on critical thinking deserves our attention. A recent post in my blook looks at the Myth of Thamus and Theuth, a cautionary tale from Plato’s Phaedrus, to draw parallels with today’s advancements in AI. Like Socrates, who questioned the invention of writing for its effect on … Continue reading The Myth of Thamus and Theuth in the Age of AI Does GenAI harm our critical thinking skills?

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

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   December 5, 2021, 11:18. 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 … Continue reading Writing Aids Critical Thinking What’s the difference between writing and critical thinking?

The Socratic Method in the Western Tradition Peter Boghossian (2023)

This talk by Peter Boghossian at The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation explores the applicability and significance of the Socratic method in fostering critical thinking and advancing civilization. Peter begins by highlighting his interest in finding simple, conceptual “bales of hay” to clean up cognitive processes, inspired by a childhood lesson from his father on … Continue reading The Socratic Method in the Western Tradition Peter Boghossian (2023)

Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Critical Thinking Bertrand Russell

Perhaps the essence of the Liberal outlook could be summed up in a new decalogue, not intended to replace the old one but only to supplement it. The Ten Commandments that, as a teacher, I should wish to promulgate, might be set forth as follows: Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing … | Bertrand Russell Continue reading Bertrand Russell’s Ten Commandments for Critical Thinking Bertrand Russell

Enhancing Critical Thinking Using chatbots to explore new perspectives and deepen understanding

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   October 23, 2024, 09:44. Chatbots can be powerful tools for developing our critical thinking skills, especially when exploring different perspectives. One effective approach is to ask the chatbot to play “Devil’s Advocate,” allowing it to present counterarguments or alternative viewpoints. Doing this encourages us to look at an issue from multiple angles, deepening our … Continue reading Enhancing Critical Thinking Using chatbots to explore new perspectives and deepen understanding

Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Talk at the AI Challenges & Adaptations Conference, hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   December 1, 2024, 17:00. I will be giving a talk titled Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners at the AI Challenges & Adaptations Conference, hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, on Tuesday, December 3rd. While I would love to attend in person, my presentation will be delivered via a pre-recorded video. To clarify, I’m not a … Continue reading Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Talk at the AI Challenges & Adaptations Conference, hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners – Talk for Bibliotheca Alexandrina David Gurteen (2024)

This is a pre-recorded video of a talk titled “Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners” that I presented at the AI Challenges & Adaptations Conference hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. You can find the ideas behind my talk in the chapter of my blook, Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners. Posts where … Continue reading Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners – Talk for Bibliotheca Alexandrina David Gurteen (2024)

How We Construct Our Unfounded Beliefs And false narratives

Gurteen Knowledge Blog   June 30, 2023, 10:15. I sometimes have conversations with people who don’t know much about a topic I’ve studied in depth. However, they still hold strong opinions about it and have a clear narrative to support their viewpoint. We are all susceptible to this phenomenon, but what is its underlying mechanism? We often encounter … Continue reading How We Construct Our Unfounded Beliefs And false narratives

The Roots of the Scientific Method Exploring the history of the scientific method

The Fallibility of Science The Scientific Method for Everyday Life Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close The scientific method has evolved to solve problems through rigorous inquiry. Facing global issues requires clear, evidence-based approaches. Historical insights into … Continue reading The Roots of the Scientific Method Exploring the history of the scientific method

How Could We Be Wrong? Is a crucial question to ask in a conversation

The Socratic Elenchus The Two Pillars of Truth Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Conversational Leadership emphasizes the importance of intellectual humility and open-mindedness in discussions. Polarization and confirmation bias can stifle productive conversations on complex issues. … Continue reading How Could We Be Wrong? Is a crucial question to ask in a conversation

The Conversible World ** The sphere of human interaction and exchange of ideas

The Great Conversation – the Evolving Dialogue of Ideas On Conversation Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Meaning of Conversible ‘Conversible’ is an interesting old-fashioned word not widely used today. It means “sociable, inclined to converse or … Continue reading The Conversible World ** The sphere of human interaction and exchange of ideas

Introduction: Knowledge Delusion We delude ourselves about what we know and how we make decisions

The Difference Between Sense-making and Meaning-making What Are Beliefs? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close If we are to create a better world, we need to make better sense of things and improve the decisions we make, … Continue reading Introduction: Knowledge Delusion We delude ourselves about what we know and how we make decisions

Embracing the Imperfections of Chatbots Cultivating critical thinking in the age of AI

Limitations of Chatbots Why Chatbots Can’t Have Real Human Conversations Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Like us humans, chatbots are imperfect and prone to errors, biases, and lapses in logic. Rather than downplaying them because of … Continue reading Embracing the Imperfections of Chatbots Cultivating critical thinking in the age of AI

Artificial Intelligence and the Quest for Knowledge Exploring the parallels between Plato's Phaedrus and the challenges of GenAI

Chatbots and Genai in Knowledge Management From Mind to Information – the Role of AI in Knowledge Encoding Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close As AI increasingly shapes our world, we need to consider its effect on … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and the Quest for Knowledge Exploring the parallels between Plato’s Phaedrus and the challenges of GenAI

Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Stimulating critical thinking is one of the most powerful application of chatbots

Chatbots to Analyze Conversations and Presentations Evaluate Sources and Evidence Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close The world faces many intricate challenges that require critical thinking and nuanced analysis. If used creatively, chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and … Continue reading Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Stimulating critical thinking is one of the most powerful application of chatbots

Critical Thinking ** Analyzing information and arguments to make sound judgments and decisions

Open Mindedness ** Active Listening ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Critical thinking objectively analyzes, evaluates, and synthesizes information to form a reasoned judgment or decision. It involves using logic and reasoning to examine assumptions, arguments, … Continue reading Critical Thinking ** Analyzing information and arguments to make sound judgments and decisions

Conversational Capacities Prerequisites to a good conversation

The Purposes of Conversation Levels of Conversation ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close To have a productive conversation, participants must possess several conversational capacities. In two articles, Conversation and Silence, Part One, and Conversations That Matter: What It … Continue reading Conversational Capacities Prerequisites to a good conversation

The Two Pillars of Truth How the scientific method and Socratic elenchus underpin civilization

How Could We Be Wrong? Conclusion: Two Pillars of Truth Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close The pursuit of truth is a fundamental human endeavor. However, arriving at the truth can be challenging, as our beliefs and … Continue reading The Two Pillars of Truth How the scientific method and Socratic elenchus underpin civilization

The Allure of Simple Stories We tend to readily accept uncomplicated narratives without verification

Trust & Belief Formation Our Tribal Nature Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Many false beliefs feel convincing because they rest upon simple, appealing stories. We tend to readily accept uncomplicated narratives without verification. What drives this … Continue reading The Allure of Simple Stories We tend to readily accept uncomplicated narratives without verification

Science Curiosity A desire to seek out and consume scientific information for pleasure

How Beliefs Shape Reasoning Discrediting People ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Motivated reasoning is where we look for arguments in favor of conclusions we want to believe, regardless of the evidence. This is a primary … Continue reading Science Curiosity A desire to seek out and consume scientific information for pleasure

The Myth of Thamus and Theuth Does writing allow the pretense of understanding, rather than true understanding?

In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates shares the myth of Thamus and Theuth, questioning the invention of writing. Writing, he argues, weakens memory and offers the appearance of wisdom without true understanding. Socrates suggests that serious discourse using the dialectic method is a nobler pursuit, leading to genuine wisdom and happiness. Continue reading The Myth of Thamus and Theuth Does writing allow the pretense of understanding, rather than true understanding?

Rediscovering Rhetoric Rethinking how we influence and communicate every day

Oracy What Is the Difference Between Rhetoric and Oracy? Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter What’s the Vibe? Please be patient as this may take up to a minute to load… Close Rhetoric is often construed as insincere or meaningless language that sounds clever. This is an unduly negative perspective. Rhetoric is a critical … Continue reading Rediscovering Rhetoric Rethinking how we influence and communicate every day