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I have spent a lot of time this month reading and thinking about the following question: What impact overall will A.I. have on our critical thinking skills? In plain English, will A.I. makes us smarter and better informed citizens, or … Continue reading →

I mentioned in passing in a previous post that the authors of a new study titled “Your Brain on ChatGPT” may have p-hacked or cherry-picked their results. It’s now time to take a closer look at this possibility. To begin … Continue reading →

This week, I have been attending the Inaugural Space and Spectrum Policy Conference at the law school of the University of Colorado Boulder (see here), of which I will have a lot to say soon. (Shout out to Phil Weiser, … Continue reading →

In a previous post, I mentioned a new paper by my colleague and friend John A. List (University of Chicago) titled “Enhancing Critical Thinking Skill Formation: Getting Fast Thinkers to Slow Down”, available here. Now that I have read this … Continue reading →

That is the title of this new paper by a team of researchers affiliated with the MIT Media Lab (Kosmyna, et al., 2025). Although the sample size of their study is small (n = 54), this work is one of … Continue reading →

I forgot to wish everyone a “Happy Juneteenth” on 19 June. My bad! Also, shout out to my family and friends in the beautiful island of Jamaica; hope to see you soon!

Translation: Have a great summer! Below are two melodious classics to officially kick off the summer season:

I want to conclude (for now) my series on “Critical thinking in the age of A.I.” with an insight from my colleague and friend John A. List (a/k/a @Econ_4_Everyone), an experimental economist at the University of Chicago. When asked, What … Continue reading →

N.B.: This is Part 5 of my series on “Critical thinking in the age of A.I.” Yesterday (see here), I responded to John McPeck’s critique that there are no general thinking skills; today, I will respond to the other objections … Continue reading →