How social media discourages critical thinking

[RoundSeal]

And, of course, the darkly funny irony is that critical thinking is so much more important on the internet.

[joshmastiff]

As a hobbyist writing for a music blog, I try to evoke critical thinking in my readers. I don't put information on plates to be devoured. I go about as if I'm making a point but make them realize I'm rambling. But not for the sake, I want them to evaluate it for themselves. What I do is present cues, stones for holding when making inferences, kind of making it easier for them to think. And if I ever make a point, I damn well make sure it's correct and not creating dichotomies which don't exist. It's a start. But I wish it wasn't some hobbyist like me saying this, I wish it were established individuals

[ThuHoang-wkdw]

A simple idea is unnecessarily overcomplicated with flowery narratives and wordings, which are confusing and do not serve to elaborate your point. You can simply just say social media provides instant availability of information, creating bad habit of shallow researching and critical thinking.

[logia]

I love this video, watched it like 3 times in the past and come back every now and then lol

[hugoantunesartwithblender]

Same on schools in my opinion. My grades went up once i started to study/read in classes instead of listening the teacher, unless i had a doubt. While reading i can reread the amount of times i want, make a note of something i need to search after.

[lskskvc]

We live in an age of information, not knowledge.
The amount of people who will google stuff during an argument (without understanding the context of what information they'll pulling out from their search) and think they actually understand the subject and are thus winning the argument is beyond frustrating

[TheRightWay]

It's why I like to shoot on film. I'm much more intentional with what I do.

Digital is too quick, convenient.

[BenetbenetLive]

How is the “presence” of the speaker any different from a blog post than a book? Sure the content is different but I don’t see how this presence argument applies

[kokorospirit]

Your accent changes in presentation Vs video, interesting.

[Ellellelleelle]

You are evidently extremely intelligent, my brain feels is like it’s expanding just by looking at you❤😂 (this was a compliment).

[danielokereke]

@Walden, what then do you advise? Give up social media for good or become more careful not to trade our ability to think critically? If the latter is anywhere close to your answer, then how do you recommend one goes about it?

[neelprakash]

I’m not sure I agree completely. It depends on the platform and the content that one attempts to comprehend. If you go to X and try to converse with the people on there you will be more likely to find yourself having to think more critically about how to respond or even interpret the layered complexity of the posts on there. Then again, it all boils down to who you follow and engage with on social media.

[GaiatheSage]

as I have been saying for years occam's razor is bleeding humanity dry, not enough critical thinking and crabtree's bludgeon around.

[rachel_espinoza]

This is why I wish I would have lived in the 80’s, when the focus was playing outside and no social media in sight

[SteveHorne]

"set in stone" not "setting stone". "Call it a thing", not "call it a day"

[Das_Akash_X]

And we fools get tricked by these speakers without us knowing as if what they are saying are God's words.

[David_]

Good god this was unnecessarily wordy.