critical thinking journal

Barriers​ ​to​ ​Critical​ ​Thinking​ ​Worksheet

1. The​ ​likelihood​ ​of​ ​two​ ​star-systems,​ ​the​ ​moon,​ ​and​ ​the​ ​sun​ ​aligning​ ​on​ ​Sept.​ ​23rd​ ​in accordance​ ​with​ ​Biblical​ ​numerology​ ​is​ ​so​ ​improbable​ ​that​ ​it​ ​must​ ​herald​ ​some​ ​kind​ ​of major​ ​cosmic​ ​event,​ ​perhaps​ ​the​ ​planet​ ​Nibiru​ ​colliding​ ​with​ ​our​ ​planet​ ​or​ ​the​ ​Rapture.

2. We​ ​are​ ​not​ ​morally​ ​obligated​ ​to​ ​assist​ ​Rohingya​ ​Muslims​ ​as​ ​they​ ​flee​ ​Myanmar​ ​to Bangladesh​ ​because​ ​there​ ​are​ ​many​ ​other​ ​people​ ​on​ ​the​ ​planet​ ​who​ ​can​ ​do​ ​something about​ ​it,​ ​like​ ​the​ ​people​ ​in​ ​Bangladesh​ ​who​ ​are​ ​closer.

3. I’m​ ​not​ ​going​ ​to​ ​the​ ​birthday​ ​party​ ​later​ ​because​ ​my​ ​family’s​ ​political​ ​views​ ​are​ ​just​ ​too much​ ​to​ ​handle.​ ​If​ ​I​ ​have​ ​to​ ​go,​ ​I’m​ ​simply​ ​not​ ​going​ ​to​ ​talk​ ​to​ ​the​ ​people​ ​with​ ​views​ ​too far​ ​from​ ​my​ ​own.

4. I​ ​have​ ​been​ ​researching​ ​the​ ​Mandela​ ​Effect​ ​constantly​ ​for​ ​almost​ ​five​ ​years​ ​now,​ ​but​ ​it’s very​ ​difficult​ ​to​ ​find​ ​any​ ​more​ ​data​ ​on​ ​than​ ​what​ ​already​ ​exists.​ ​So​ ​far,​ ​there​ ​is​ ​evidence of​ ​the​ ​phenomenon,​ ​but​ ​not​ ​enough​ ​to​ ​understand​ ​it​ ​properly.​ ​I​ ​have​ ​to​ ​keep​ ​researching and​ ​working​ ​to​ ​find​ ​the​ ​truth.

5. As​ ​a​ ​student,​ ​I​ ​can​ ​tell​ ​you​ ​that​ ​college​ ​is​ ​too​ ​expensive,​ ​and​ ​it​ ​should​ ​just​ ​be​ ​free. 6. It’s​ ​not​ ​my​ ​fault​ ​I​ ​failed​ ​the​ ​class.​ ​I​ ​have​ ​done​ ​well​ ​in​ ​all​ ​of​ ​my​ ​classes​ ​except​ ​the​ ​ones

with​ ​bad​ ​professors.​ ​It’s​ ​their​ ​fault.​ ​I​ ​am​ ​an​ ​above​ ​average​ ​student,​ ​so​ ​how​ ​can​ ​I​ ​have​ ​a 1.9​ ​GPA?​ ​Bad​ ​professors.

7. I​ ​believe​ ​it​ ​is​ ​right​ ​not​ ​to​ ​eat​ ​meat​ ​because​ ​I​ ​am​ ​a​ ​member​ ​of​ ​PETA. 8. Liberals​ ​are​ ​college​ ​educated​ ​people​ ​who​ ​read​ ​too​ ​much​ ​Marx​ ​and​ ​are​ ​now​ ​Communists. 9. Human​ ​nature​ ​is​ ​either​ ​completely​ ​self-interested​ ​or​ ​altruistic.​ ​It’s​ ​obviously​ ​true​ ​that​ ​all

people​ ​are​ ​always​ ​self-interested,​ ​then.​ ​Just​ ​look​ ​around​ ​you.​ ​My​ ​philosophy​ ​professor said​ ​all​ ​people​ ​are​ ​naturally​ ​self-interested​ ​too.

10. I’m​ ​meeting​ ​my​ ​friends​ ​at​ ​the​ ​bar​ ​tonight​ ​instead​ ​of​ ​studying​ ​because,​ ​if​ ​I​ ​don’t,​ ​they’ll think​ ​I’m​ ​the​ ​kind​ ​of​ ​person​ ​who​ ​takes​ ​books​ ​more​ ​seriously​ ​than​ ​having​ ​fun​ ​with friends.

11. Even​ ​if​ ​climate​ ​change​ ​is​ ​human​ ​induced,​ ​it​ ​shouldn’t​ ​matter​ ​to​ ​humans.​ ​The​ ​fact​ ​is​ ​that​ ​a warmer​ ​climate​ ​will​ ​open​ ​previously​ ​inaccessible,​ ​unworkable​ ​frozen​ ​regions​ ​for economic​ ​opportunities.

12. My​ ​friend​ ​is​ ​having​ ​a​ ​really​ ​hard​ ​time.​ ​I​ ​just​ ​repeated​ ​by​ ​saying​ ​that​ ​helps​ ​me​ ​out,​ ​“Live, laugh,​ ​love.”​ ​I​ ​thought​ ​she​ ​needed​ ​to​ ​hear​ ​that​ ​kind​ ​of​ ​positivity​ ​to​ ​help​ ​her​ ​find​ ​some guidance.

13. I​ ​don’t​ ​really​ ​know​ ​anything​ ​about​ ​politics,​ ​so​ ​I​ ​don’t​ ​really​ ​get​ ​involved​ ​in​ ​the​ ​things that​ ​people​ ​get​ ​worked​ ​up​ ​about.​ ​I’m​ ​just​ ​not​ ​into​ ​politics​ ​and​ ​it​ ​doesn’t​ ​have​ ​an​ ​effect​ ​on me.​ ​I’m​ ​happier​ ​and​ ​healthier​ ​that​ ​way.​ ​When​ ​people​ ​try​ ​to​ ​talk​ ​to​ ​me​ ​about​ ​it,​ ​I​ ​just​ ​say, “I​ ​have​ ​no​ ​relationship​ ​with​ ​the​ ​political.”​ ​Don’t​ ​know;​ ​don’t​ ​care.