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ChatGPT’s pincer attack on critical thinking
N.B.: This is Part 4 of my series on “Critical thinking in the age of A.I.” In my previous post, I turned to David Hitchcock’s survey article in the SEP to revisit several salient critiques of the theory, pedagogy, and … Continue reading
Critiques of *critical thinking* theory, pedagogy, and practice: an annotated bibliography
N.B.: This is Part 3 of my series on “Critical thinking in the age of A.I.” As I mentioned in my previous post, critical thinking is supposed to help us overcome our biases, but is my own approach to critical … Continue reading
What is *critical thinking*? A Humean-Bayesian approach
N.B.: This is Part 2 of my series on “Critical thinking in the age of A.I.” Previously (see here), I posed a question that has been troubling me since ChatGPT was unleashed on the world on 30 November 2022: What … Continue reading
La Bikina
As I remember my late father, Don Francisco Guerra (1943-2024), on this Father’s Day, I say “hasta pronto y hasta luego” to our beloved México with our favorite mariachi ballad, for it was my Cuban father who introduced me to … Continue reading
*Retrodiction Markets*
That is the title of my most recent published paper, which appears on pages 316-331 of Volume 18 of the Journal of Law & Public Policy (JLPP). In brief, I build on F. A. Hayek’s classic work “The use of … Continue reading
Domestic Constitutional Violence: Los Angeles
Update #2 (14 June): An appellate court has put a temporary pause on Judge Breyer’s grandiloquent order (see previous update below) and scheduled an emergency hearing for this Tuesday, 17 June (see here). Update (13 June): Charles Breyer, an unelected … Continue reading
The day the music died: 11 June 2025
I will resume my series on “Critical thinking in the age of A.I.” in the next day or two; in the meantime, I want to hit pause to honor the life and legacy of my fellow Californian Brian Wilson, the … Continue reading
The impact of ChatGPT on critical thinking: prologue
What impact will large language models like ChatGPT have on higher education? The optimists or “AI bloomers” claim that AI tools will usher in a new era of personalized learning and allow instructors to offload grading and other tedious and … Continue reading
How the short-lived *Republic of Yucatán* was almost annexed by the U.S. in 1848
I did not know about this remarkable chapter of North American history until today! You can read about it here or here, or better yet, check out the 11-minute YouTube video below:
Monday music: Viva la vida
My daughter Adys and I are in the Yucatán peninsula this week, where we will be visiting the Temple of Kukulcan (Structure5B18) at the Chichen Itza archaeological site today (9 June) as well as the ruins at Tulum on Tuesday (10 … Continue reading

