critical thinking

Social failure. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

Persistent Failure: How Ignorance, Fear, and Division Are Eroding Human Society

Opinion column: The great problem of humanity is not just a lack of knowledge, but the distorted use of it. When ignorance becomes an active mechanism, even societies with historical experience, education, and achievements may once again fall into cycles of
“A laboratory table with a microscope, test tubes, and a computer; in a notebook, illustrations illustrating the steps of the scientific method from hypothesis to experiment, data, and criticism.”

This is how the scientific method works: evidence, predictions, and refutation tests

Science does not rely on stories or authority but on reproducible observations and experiments, and on rules that reduce bias and allow for the correction of errors over time.
The cover of Erich von Daniken's book Chariots of the Gods.

Carl Sagan versus the recently deceased Erich von Däniken: This is what a scientific critique of “ancient astronauts” looks like

Sagan did not rule out intelligent life outside Earth, but attacked von Däniken for using weak “evidence” and “sloppy thinking” that turns mysteries into proofs.
Does CHATGPT affect the brain?

MIT study warns: Excessive use of GPT chat may impair brain connectivity and critical thinking

New study reveals dramatic decline in brain activity among AI users in writing – raising concerns about profound effects on the education, memory, and intellectual independence of the next generation
External thinking in the age of artificial intelligence. The image was prepared according to the text of the article using DALEE

Artificial intelligence creates a new way of thinking, a thought process external to our mind 

Tags: artificial intelligence, system 0, external thinking, human-artificial intelligence interaction, cognitive autonomy, system 1, system 2, intuitive thinking, analytical thinking, data analysis, ethics in artificial intelligence, transparency, digital responsibility, critical thinking,
The flat earth, one of the weirdest conspiracy theories. Illustration: depositphotos.com

How I Fooled the World - Then I Created Conspiracytron: The Conspiracy Slayer

Please meet the Conspiratron: The Conspiracy Slayer. An artificial intelligence tool that will help you deal with many different arguments of conspirators.