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How New Media Devalue Critical Thinking

March 14, 2009

And the importance of a research-based mindset There appears to be a fundamental underestimation of the importance of research. Yet those in research fields, or those trained in research methodologies, quickly learn the difference between opinion and innuendo versus data-based knowledge. It’s not to say one is inherently superior over the other; rather, data-driven knowledge [...]