A Personal Perspective: I am a relentless teaser, but perhaps my irreverence has taught me some lessons in critical thinking.
Distinguishing truth from misinformation is becoming increasingly difficult.Source: Gary Simonds/ Personal Photo
Looking back, I see how prescient I was—had I known what I was doing. I mean, there have always been bullsh*tt*rs,men, hucksters, grifters, shameless self-promoters, raging narcissists, professional liars, and the like, but the digital era seems to have intensified, magnified, and amplified it all. Information is beamed into our heads constantly, and it is increasingly unreliable.In the biomedical world, probably over 50 percent of the published data is compromised.
Anyway, I’d like to think that through my many decades of irreverence and teasing, I’ve been honing the critical thinking skills of my counterparts and charges. Preparing them to navigate the information era . That I’m a genius, really. A prophet of perusal. Rather than just an insufferable brat.Richards, J., et al. Teaching Clinical Reasoning and Critical Thinking: From Cognitive Theory to Practical Application. Chest. 2020 Oct;158:1617-1628. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.05.525. Epub 2020 May 22.
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