You've probably heard it used often throughout the years, whether it was in school, at work or in everyday conversation.

這些年來，你可能經常聽到它的使用，無論是在學校、工作中還是在日常對話中。

But when you stop to think about it, just what exactly is critical thinking and how do you do it?

但是，當你停下來思考的時候，究竟什麼是批判性思維，如何做到批判性思維？

Simply put, it's the act of deliberately analyzing information so that you could make better judgments and decisions.

簡單來說，就是刻意分析資訊，以便你能做出更好的判斷和決定。

It involves using things like logic, reasoning and creativity to draw conclusions and generally understand things better.

它包括使用邏輯、推理和創造力等東西來得出結論，並通常更好地理解事物。

This may sound like a pretty broad definition, and that's because critical thinking is a broad skill that could be applied to so many different situations.

這聽起來可能是一個很寬泛的定義，這是因為批判性思維是一種廣泛的技能，可以應用於許多不同的情況。

You can use it to prepare for a job interview, manage your time, better make decisions about purchasing things and so much more now as humans.

你可以用它來準備面試，管理自己的時間，更好地做出購買東西的決定等等，現在作為人類。

We are constantly thinking it's something we can't turn off.

我們一直在想這是我們關不掉的東西。

But not all of it is critical thinking.

但不是所有的都是批判性思維。

No one thinks critically 100% of the time.

沒有人在100%的時間裡都會有批判性的思考。

That would be pretty exhausting.

那就很累了。

Instead, it's an intentional process, something that we consciously use when we're presented with difficult problems or important decisions in order to become a better critical thinker.

相反，它是一個有意的過程，當我們遇到困難的問題或重要的決定時，我們有意識地使用的東西，以便成為一個更好的批判性思維者。

It's important to ask questions When you're presented with a problem or a decision before jumping to any conclusions, you can start with simple ones like What do I currently know?

問問題很重要當你遇到一個問題或一個決定時，在下任何結論之前，你可以從簡單的問題開始，比如我目前知道什麼？

And how do I know this?

我是怎麼知道的？

These can help to give you a better idea of what you're working with and in some cases, simplify more complex issues.

這些可以幫助您更好地瞭解您正在處理的問題，在某些情況下，可以簡化更復雜的問題。

Let's take a look at how we can use critical thinking to evaluate online information.

我們來看看如何運用批判性思維來評估網絡資訊。

Say a friend of yours posts a news article on social media, and you're drawn to its headline.

假如你的一個朋友在社交媒體上發佈了一篇新聞，你被它的標題所吸引。

If you were to use your everyday automatic thinking, you might accept it as fact and move on.

如果你用你日常的自動思維，你可能會接受它作為事實並繼續前進。

But if you were thinking critically, you would first analyzed the available information and ask some questions.

但如果你是批判性的思考，你會先分析現有的資訊，提出一些問題。

What's the source of this article?

這篇文章的來源是什麼？

Is the headline potentially misleading?

標題是否有潛在的誤導性？

What are my friends general beliefs, And do they inform why they might have shared this?

我的朋友們的一般信仰是什麼，他們是否知道為什麼他們會分享這些？

After analyzing all of this information, you can draw a conclusion about whether you think the article is trustworthy.

在分析完這些資訊後，你可以得出一個結論，你認為這篇文章是否值得信賴。

Critical thinking has a wide range of applications in the real world.

批判性思維在現實世界中有著廣泛的應用。

It can help you to make better decisions, become more hirable and generally help you to better understand the world around you.

它可以幫助你做出更好的決定，變得更受歡迎，並普遍幫助你更好地瞭解你周圍的世界。

Yeah, G.

是啊，G。

C F.

C F．

Global.

全球性的。