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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →