(September 13, 2014 at 8:22 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(September 13, 2014 at 7:09 pm)Chas Wrote: Please provide evidence that any of them are critical thinkers.Please do me a favor and provide evidence that you are likewise one before I proceed to squander any more of my time qualifying why "elite scientist" and "professor" of a "prestigious school" such as Oxford demands a certain amount of capacity to think critically.
Belief without evidence is the opposite of critical thinking.
Humans are able to compartmentalize beliefs to protect them from being subject to critical thinking.
So, yes, some scientists and professors do that. Your point?
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.