A Field Guide to Critical Thinking

There are many reasons for the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the United States today, including:

1. the irresponsibility of the mass media, who exploit the public taste for nonsense,
2. the irrationality of the American world-view, which supports such unsupportable claims as life after death and the efficacy of the polygraph, and
3. the ineffectiveness of public education, which generally fails to teach students the essential skills of critical thinking.

Read James Lett's full article here - A Field Guide to Critical Thinking