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Topic	Seattle workers working fewer hours after minimum wage hike.
ParanoidObsessive 06/27/17 3:16:50 PM #15:	RCtheWSBC posted... The whole "both sides" thing irks me to begin with because it discourages critical thinking and evaluation of such studies while favoring this surface-level partisanship in every detail we come across. I'm sure my naivete is showing, and I'll accept that lol. I'm personally trying to stay away from the constant left-wing/right-wing labeling when I view it isn't really necessary. The problem is that ignoring the potential for bias doesn't mean the bias isn't there, nor does it really improve critical thinking. If anything, critical thinking pretty much requires you to understand the biases of the person giving you information, because otherwise, you're passively accepting flawed information that blends factual data with how someone else interprets said data. The real worthwhile goal is to understand how and why different people see the world differently, rather than dismissing the other side out of hand, or pretending there aren't really sides at all. There are ALWAYS sides. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:881910234] in Seattle wo... [t:75506467]...</cite> <quote><cite>RCtheWSBC posted...</cite> <quote>The whole "both sides" thing irks me to begin with because it discourages critical thinking and evaluation of such studies while favoring this surface-level partisanship in every detail we come across. I'm sure my naivete is showing, and I'll accept that lol. I'm personally trying to stay away from the constant left-wing/right-wing labeling when I view it isn't really necessary.</quote> The problem is that ignoring the potential for bias doesn't mean the bias isn't there, nor does it really improve critical thinking. If anything, critical thinking pretty much requires you to understand the biases of the person giving you information, because otherwise, you're passively accepting flawed information that blends factual data with how someone else interprets said data. The real worthwhile goal is to understand how and why different people see the world differently, rather than dismissing the other side out of hand, or pretending there aren't really sides at all. There are ALWAYS sides. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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