Critical Thinking: How To Find Out What Really Works

How to Find Out What Can Get You Towards Your Goals (And What Will Not)

Created by: André Klapper, PhD
Researcher, Neuroscientist, Psychologist

What Will I Learn?

• FORMULATE a question: will X get you Y?
• IDENTIFY relevant evidence and INTERPRET it correctly
• AVOID reasoning fallacies that almost everybody falls prey to
• ELIMINATE alternative explanations systematically until you uncover the truth
• GATHER evidence yourself when no other evidence is available
• DRAW conclusions with scientific precision

Requirements

• Willingness to do the necessary detective work to uncover the truth

Target audience

• People who want to make better decisions in any area of their life
• People who want to sharpen their thinking and avoid common reasoning fallacies
• People who dare to find out which of their beliefs are wrong and which are true