Anyone else feel like they don't ask questions or they are not a critical thinker?

Hey everyone! Just curious about something. During my group SA sessions, I find that there are a couple of people who are extremely analytical and they seem to ask a lot of questions to themselves. I don't seem to do that much. It's a bit concerning. I find that I rarely question anything that I read, hear, see, or experience. Like for example, I might read a book but after I'm done with it I wouldn't think much of it. Same with the news. I just take things at face value I guess. I'm like going crazy on google looking for books and sites that teach critical thinking. I'm just wondering if anyone else experiences this and if you've been doing things to improve.

Thanks!

being a critical thinker is tiresome. critical thinkers are less happy because they are always looking at the negative aspects. their minds are also stuffed with things that can't be changed. let it come naturally.

Diend said:

being a critical thinker is tiresome. critical thinkers are less happy because they are always looking at the negative aspects. their minds are also stuffed with things that can't be changed. let it come naturally.

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Critical thinkers aren't necessarily happier or unhappier. They look at the whole picture and see it as it is. They can then choose what aspect to focus on. If they choose the negative side, they will be sad. The positive, happy.

Want to improve critical thinking? Here are some books:

*A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense by Normand Baillargeon
*The Critique of Pure Reason by Kant
*The Power of Now by Tolle
*As A Man Thinketh by James Allen

I wouldn't say not being a critical thinker is a bad thing - it makes a lot of things more enjoyable when you're able to accept and take things as they are. This is especially true for entertainment and otherwise entertaining activities.

Of course, there are also cases in which critical thinking is required, such as in politics/voting, money management, mainstream public opinion, ect. Would you say you're uncritical to the point where it's dangerous or unwise to be so? Because I would in any case suggest you to try and maintain an uncritical attitude to a certain degree.


And for what it's worth, wondering whether you're a uncritical thinker to a fault is critical thinking. I'd say you're doing just fine.

Growing up I was a big question asker and critical thinker, being praised for it by teachers and spending almost all my time it felt like contemplating things in search of answers. More recently I haven't been using those skills as much and have been not been thinking as long, hard, deeply, or abstractly about things as I once did.

From my experience,, in terms of SA and stuff, critical thinking skills can help a lot in identifying problems, considering possible solutions, and analyzing them once you put them into action. I don't think it's inherently good or bad, but if a person is more negative or cynical critical thinking will give them the ability to see more completely all the negative mentalities they may hold. It can also help you see the potential of the good that life can bring and the improvement you can make. During a time in my life when I made the most improvement lot's of deep thinking about particular things about myself was done, I'd write journals and just try to sort everything out logically. I feel critical thinking, at least for me, allowed for change.

And from the other side, when I'm not thinking as much about things I find things stay more the same. Life just sort of goes by, living each day without thinking much about what I can do with it. I mean I enjoy my days, but I don't feel like I am experiencing it to the fullest which deeper understanding and thinking would allow. A lot of good things in life come over time, and in order to realize what they are and put them into action, in which critical thinking can go a long way