- Resistant to objective evidence
- Primarily uses amygdala (first part of brain to develop) for basic survival/instinct/intuitive thinking
- Easy
- Accepting claims without adequate evidence (gullible)
- Difficulty changing opinions; closed-minded
- Not verifiable
- Sees meaning and connection in coincidences
- Sees patterns when the phenomena are random
- Uses logic to support claims when at least one premise is false
- Emphasizes personal experience and common sense
- Used by: the religious; alternatives to medicine promoters and users; conspiracy theorists; any other pseudoscience (false science) acceptor
- Usually conservative politically (nostalgic for the past; tribal; focused on individual rights; cynical of "the other"; cynical of government; comfortable with authoritarian rule)
Scientific Thinking
- Accepts objective evidence
- Primarily uses the frontal cortex (last part of brain to develop) for critical thinking
- Hard
- Accepting claims only with adequate objective evidence (skeptical)
- Able to change opinions when warranted; open-minded
- Verifiable through observation and experimentation
- Accepts coincidences as part of the randomness of life only
- Recognizes the difference between true patterns and randomness
- Recognizes invalid and/or unsound arguments
- Recognizes that our brains have flaws and can fool us with biases
- Usually progressive politically (looking forward; focused on human rights for all; global/big picture view; regulated capitalism/representative democracy; rejects authoritarian rule)
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