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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That is - IMO - what critical thinking is meant to be .... thinking about alternative explanations and evaluating their viability or probability.

Unfortunately a lot of people use the term "critical thinking" as just another way to rationalize why they are against something, without actually weighing the options.