The value and Essentialness of Critical Thought in the Combating of Deception and Evil
The value and Essentialness of Critical Thought in the Combating of Deception and Evil:
Humanity, to its great detriment, has a deception problem. Deception is one of the main sources, and primary vectors, of evil in the world. Unfortunately, for many of us, cutting through deception can prove extraordinarily difficult.
Because of the great degree of uncertainty in the human condition and the broader existence, we often cannot sort between the true and the false. However, there is hope. The hope lies in analytical and critical thought; i.e. the ability to use reason and form coherent and clear arguments and engage in coherent and clear dialogues about reality. The goal of critical thought is mostly to obtain the greatest possible amount of truth and understanding of the simplicities, complexities, nature, and purposes of existence.
If a significant portion of the population of a nation-state or society doesn't have an ability to critically think about the problems and circumstances of reality, than solutions to those problems become greatly elusive, and cutting through deception becomes exceedingly difficult. Deception leads to oppression. Deception leads to slavery. In all honesty, deception leads to death eventually, especially the types of deception that were developed to attack the very foundations of reason, rationality, reality, and critical thought. It's not just the foundation of reason it undercuts, but also the foundation of the very realness of reality, undercutting humanity's ability to discern truth and actuality from delusion and falsity.
In order to combat deception, you start at the basics. If you don't know the broader truths outside of your field of awareness, then you should start at the basics. You should start with what is real and true in your immediate vicinity or field of awareness.
With the foundation of things you can be certain of, you can build an understanding and abstract or reason through the broader uncertainty by using what you know to be the base by which you build a broader and more expansive and complex understanding upon. The only way you can do this is through critical thought.
Humanity, to its great detriment, has a deception problem. Deception is one of the main sources, and primary vectors, of evil in the world. Unfortunately, for many of us, cutting through deception can prove extraordinarily difficult.
Because of the great degree of uncertainty in the human condition and the broader existence, we often cannot sort between the true and the false. However, there is hope. The hope lies in analytical and critical thought; i.e. the ability to use reason and form coherent and clear arguments and engage in coherent and clear dialogues about reality. The goal of critical thought is mostly to obtain the greatest possible amount of truth and understanding of the simplicities, complexities, nature, and purposes of existence.
If a significant portion of the population of a nation-state or society doesn't have an ability to critically think about the problems and circumstances of reality, than solutions to those problems become greatly elusive, and cutting through deception becomes exceedingly difficult. Deception leads to oppression. Deception leads to slavery. In all honesty, deception leads to death eventually, especially the types of deception that were developed to attack the very foundations of reason, rationality, reality, and critical thought. It's not just the foundation of reason it undercuts, but also the foundation of the very realness of reality, undercutting humanity's ability to discern truth and actuality from delusion and falsity.
In order to combat deception, you start at the basics. If you don't know the broader truths outside of your field of awareness, then you should start at the basics. You should start with what is real and true in your immediate vicinity or field of awareness.
With the foundation of things you can be certain of, you can build an understanding and abstract or reason through the broader uncertainty by using what you know to be the base by which you build a broader and more expansive and complex understanding upon. The only way you can do this is through critical thought.
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