Heh... Critical thinking from him? He's talking about stopping fake news...
Someone that truly understands critical thinking would simply approach it with proof, evidence, point out appeals to authority fallacies, ad hominem attacks, appeal to emotion fallacies, appeal to popularity fallacies, generalizations, etc. These are all fallacies that @davidpakman frequently uses himself.
So stopping fake news... first step, fix yourself and your fake news (not all of it is) first using CRITICAL THINKING. Speak of fact, not opinion. If it is opinion clearly state it is such and realize opinion is not fact. It is great to express opinion, it is not so great when it is presented as fact.
I mean you can call things a "nothing burger" because that fits your agenda that if it were about your opponent you'd be leading the lynch mob.
The guy is another leftist buffoon, who thinks he has an IQ.
Unfortunately he has a big whale that up votes everything he does so people see the big price tag and tend to fall for appeal to authority, and appeal to popularity. He does promote steem, and steemit and I will fight for his right to speak.
I actually look forward to this "critical thinking" series. We shall see then. :)
I have listened, and cringed, to what he has to say. It's.... embarrassing.
I'll pile in on logical destruction when his critical thinking starts. sounds fun!
Everyone has the right to speak, but annoying when the loud speakers are such a different wattage..
Hmm, I don't always agree with David, but I think you are being far too unfair in your assessment.
He did inspire me. I pointed no fingers at him. Yet this sums up my big problem with a lot of the things David says.
Does your disagreement with something make that thing "fake"?
Also I am up voting your comment. Thank you for speaking up and voicing your opinion.
Well no, thank you for actually engaging and providing a detailed response that takes time. I do agree with some of the things you say (like the nothingburger to an extent and the titles) but I really don't think he engages in so many fallacies as you say, generally I like his content, in particular his interviews. My main problem lately it's that it's become the Russia Pakman Show. Of course, we are not gonna solve our disagreement today. Have a good one!
PS: I hadn't heard the "Appeal to The Stone" before.
By the way. It is the next day. I still see no actual comments or interaction in the comment section from David. From what I look this is what seems to be primarily the norm. This is another reason I am harsh on him. He does these fire and forget posts that paint himself as an authority and then seems to ignore and dialog on the subjects he brings up. What is worse, he'll ask steemit a question, and then mostly ignore any responses.
I like his interviews too. ;) Those are less opinion centric. He certainly has a right to his opinion.
I only heard about "Appeal to Stone" myself 6 months or so ago. That's the thing about critical thinking, you can't really master it, you can just get better at it. So it is something I really try to learn something new about a little at a time. There are tons of different logical fallacies. I think I know the most common ones, but there are some obscure ones I haven't internalized yet. Knowing them is just as important for policing ourselves as it is being able to see past the fallacies used by other people. I make mistakes. Hopefully I learn from them.