Seven Tools For Cri­ti­cal Thinking

Some guys won­de­red about the sub­title of this blog. The expres­sion ‚90% of ever­y­thing is crap‘ is the well-known Sturgeon’s Law (or Sturgeon’s Reve­la­tion). The reason I use it is because I find Daniel Dennett’s work quite inte­res­t­ing and I think in modern magic it holds true (for 90%). Sturgeon’s Law is repre­sen­ted (point 6) in his Seven Tools For Cri­ti­cal Thin­king:

1. Use Your Mistakes

2. Respect Your Opponent

3. The ‚Surely‘ Klaxon

4. Ans­wer Rhe­to­ri­cal Questions

5. Employ Occam’s Razor

6. Don’t Waste Your Time on Rubbish

7. Beware of Deepities

In order to get an idea of what he means you pro­ba­bly have to check out the Inter­net. I found a cou­ple of points defi­ni­tely can be applied to our magi­cal thin­king. I’m sure Eugene Bur­ger would like it …