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Critical thinking is defined as, "The practice of thoughtfully scrutinizing and evaluating claims in order to uncover the truth and form better opinions."
First thoughtfully scrutinize and evaluate the following claims by certain individuals on critical thinking:
"The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. . . . We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education."
"(Politicians) don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them. That's against their interests."
"There's less critical thinking going on in this country on a Main Street level- forget about the media- than ever before. We've never needed people to think more critically than now, and they've taken a big nap."
Using your critical thinking skills,
Identify which of these statements you feel is the most credible. Explain your choice.
Pick one of the other quotes and present a brief argument--pro or con--in response to what the author is saying
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