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So important to go beyond the generic term "study" and look at the methodology, observational vs experimental, peer-review, replicability, funding conflict, quantifiers, etc (our post about it: argumentful.com/research-and…)
theguardian.com/science/2021…
Facebook seems to apply the rule "every little helps", which is an improvement. Indeed, you should at least read before you share.
But there's so much more to do to make social media discussions meaningful. At least 10 things📜
techspot.com/news/89627-face…#CriticalThinking
This concept of critical feeling sounds quite similar to what is known as #CriticalThinking dispositions or attitudes. Indeed, both are needed and getting the emotional to fuel the rational can only help.
Our post on critical thinking dispositions: argumentful.com/on-critical-…
Really interesting observational study trying to measure who has more say in US policy-making.
The methodology can be disputed but it's hard to come up with a better proposal for such a complex measurement.
cambridge.org/core/journals/…#CriticalThinking