An open-minded person who is inexperienced and uninformed will need to...

[greyl]

"An open-minded person who is inexperienced and uninformed will need to be willing to investigate issues that an experienced and informed person need not pursue. A critical thinker must find things out for herself, but once she has found them out she does not become closed-minded simply because her opinion is now informed! So, the next time you hear some defender of astral projection, past-life regression, or alien abductions ((or controlled demo of WTC)) accuse a skeptic of being “closed minded,” give thought to the possibility that the skeptic isn’t closed minded. Perhaps she has arrived at an informed belief. It is also possible that the accuser is a clever arguer who knows that charging an opponent with being closed-minded is often a successful tactic in the art of persuasion."

From Becoming a Critical Thinker - Robert Todd Carroll
Chapter 1, 27 page pdf

[vincent_vega_lives]

1. Too late for some here...

“Be open-minded, but not so open-minded that your
brains fall out.” --Jacob Needleman

[MervinFerd]

2. "A Conspiracist is just a skeptic....

with his brains blown out."

--Paraphrase of an old ethnic insult.

[greyl]

3. Note: The "((or controlled demo of WTC))" portion was inserted by me.

Clarifying based on vvl's recommendation.

I wouldn't want to discourage anyone from reading it because they think it's an anti-CT screed.
It's just pro-critical thinking.

[MervinFerd]

4. I think you are over their heads. You need "My Pet Goat" level here.

[BeFree]

5. Very good, greyl

But a coupla points need to be made here.

You showed that you can paste and copy, but still not get it right. As your team member showed, you shouldn't have included your words in between the quotation marks. That shows a lack of critical thinking, eh?

But two heads are better than one. And you had a mind open enough to be corrected by someone who did think critically, and then admit your error. Good on you.

Now then, regarding the inclusion of your words into an otherwise intelligent statement "((or controlled demo of WTC))"

A critical thinker, pondering the situation will ask themselves at least these five questions:

Who informed me, ie, where did my information come from?
Can that source be trusted?
Was there a complete investigation into the matter?
Was there a study made by the source of my information about the use of explosives?
In short: Have I all the information needed to really be informed?

Only after those questions are honestly answered, can a critically thinking person begin to close their mind.

Hope this helps.

[greyl]

6. No, you didn't help.

After evaluating what has been suggested to be evidence for CD, I conclude that it is not evidence for CD at all. What it is evidence for, is a woeful lack of critical thinking skills by the laymen who carry water for those making money in the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement.

[angstlessk]

7. Let's not forget the REAL money being made by Siverstein

and his cabal...darling the official conspiracy theory is full of more holes than the valentin's day massacre...