Critical Thinker

       Critical thinking isn’t just something that you turn on when you do school work or at your job, it’s a way that people act in everyday life. To be completely honest I don’t believe there is a person who can be perfectly defined as a critical thinker, I only think that there are certain parts of people that can think critically. You see there is not one person who can think of all aspects of life objectively, at least in my opinion. The reason I say this is because people become emotionally attached to other people, or animals or ideas. Although I say this I do believe that there are some people who can think about things in a critical manner, at least for some or most things. For this blog I am going to examine my friend Justin who most say is a critical thinker, and I would agree with them for the most part. So I will show the aspects to which I see him as a critical thinker.

       The first one and by far the point that sticks out the most is that he can develop and defend reasonable thinking. You see he has more than just the ability to do this he thrives on doing it. If you ask anyone who know him you would get an all-around agreement on the fact that he not only like to be able to join debates but also start them. And when he is able to not only reasonably defend the side he has chosen but also analyzes the point you make to make rational points on those as well. It is perhaps one of the strongest personality traits he has.

       Another point that he embodies is easy to see as well, is that he tries to be as well informed as possible. Before he chooses a side on hot political topics he researches them. He gets information verified through different sites on the internet, in different newspapers and also he gets it from the news on the TV. Usually when I have questions about a big issue, such as the big SOPA incident that just recently happened, I will go to him to talk about it. On top of this he one of the more intelligent people I know when it comes to looking at hot topics as this was and being able to see both the good and the bad sides. The core to this all is his simple ability to stay informed about all the big important issues.

       The last point that I will bring up about him is that he is judges the quality of an argument. As I had said earlier in my post, he analyzes the validity of a statement that has been said and throws it back at you. And when you are in a debate with him you know he listens because he is acceptable of reason, even when it is going against the point he is trying to prove. The thing he does with that reason though is he uses it to prove his point in the end. He is defiantly close to being a critical thinker, but there is always a flaw.