Maybe she was already developing a cold and that particular day it just happened to manifest itself.Maybe a sick person sneezed on her in the elevator that morning.' Additionally, critical thinking can be divided into the following three core skills: Many people decide to make changes in their daily lives based on anecdotes, or stories from one person's experience.
Is this conclusion based on evidence or gut feelings?
' and 'Are there alternative possibilities when given new pieces of information?
Let's say that these thoughts of skepticism inspired your curiosity.
After all, it wouldn't be fair to simply dismiss all new ideas, either.
If we examine this anecdote a little more carefully, you should be able to understand why.
For starters, we don't know where the idea for vitamin C stopping illness even came from.
Additionally, she told you that one morning she was running late for work and forgot to take her vitamin C supplement. She now insists that you take vitamin C every day or you will get sick, just like she did in her story.
Many people hearing this story would just accept this and think, 'To avoid getting sick I should take vitamin C.' Although this type of logic is very common, it lacks critical-thinking skills.
If your aunt is like most people, she will hear this scientifically-valid evidence and still insist that her idea about cold prevention through vitamin C is correct based on her personal experience.
Part of critical thinking is demonstrating humility, and many people (in this case, your aunt) have trouble doing this.
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