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Assumptions, and why you should stop asserting them!

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Assumptions, and why you should stop asserting them!
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RE: Assumptions, and why you should stop asserting them!
August 27, 2009 at 6:41 pm
(August 27, 2009 at 5:51 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:
(August 27, 2009 at 2:20 pm)Darwinian Wrote: Not making assumptions about the world around you is central the whole notion of critical thinking. Unfortunately you do tend to get labelled as cynical and cold by the woolly thinking brigade but personally I think this approach give you a far broader view of the universe as we're continually asking question of it and not just believing what we assume to be correct.

I wholeheartedly agree.

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RE: Assumptions, and why you should stop asserting them! - by Darwinian - August 27, 2009 at 6:41 pm

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