I was lucky in having extraordinary teachers who took an interest in me anden raged me to pursue my passions. I actually feel the schooling i had is a fairly traditional and pretty privileged of british education, was very good at teaching me how to think. There wasn't that much oe learning and cramming, relatively speaking. But it's very easy to generalize about these things, isn't it? You know, they're now five and seven, trying to ensure that there's quite a lot of what you might call under specified time and space around their education,. within which they can play, ask questions, follow and develop their enthusiasms.
Tom Chatfield is a philosopher and author of the books Critical Thinking and How To Think. In this episode we discuss:- How to avoid common thinking mistakes and deal with your biases to be less wrong- The three characteristics of valuable information sources- How to understand statistics and form an accurate picture of reality in a data driven world
We also discuss Tom’s experience writing a book during the pandemic and the task of teaching people to think. This episode will help you overcome thinking mistakes and make sense of the world around you.