WORDS: 1,800 —  Therein is the rub… everyone critically thinks differently, if at all.  “Tell me a good lie and I’ll believe it with all my bias!”  With the advent of artificial intelligence and the ever-advancing ability to create deep fakery, the first thing to address regarding critical thinking something is understanding you WILL be fooled at some time or another.  No one will escape being taken by trickery, falsehoods, or lies.  Your default position should never be to surrender to what someone else tells you, but to at least TRY and figure it out for yourself.