George Bernard Shaw remarked that few people think more than two or three times a year
and that he had made an international reputation for himself by thinking once or twice a week.
Significantly, it was also Shaw who pointed out that the unconscious mind is the real genius,
since your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self starts to meddle with it. These
two observations taken together are helpful in determining the nature and scope of critical
thinking in any area of life. Few people think critically about their breathing and it is
probably almost always pointless to do so. It is also unlikely to be useful to perform a
sustained critical evaluation of the arguments for and against getting out of bed every morning.
Most tasks do not require critical thinking and twice a week may well be about the right
frequency with which to engage in it.
The value of critical thinking comes
when making a vital decision which will have important long-term ramifications. Should you
accept...
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