00:23:20.220There's no point in going back and forth and spreading more hate.
00:23:25.480Because information controls the minds of the masses.
00:23:28.500And especially independent content creators, I think we should take it into our own hands and take personal responsibility and understand that major media is just reporting lies.
00:23:35.880In the past few years, you saw that with the-
00:23:39.720They said that the vaccine stopped transmissions and it started killing people.
00:23:42.940So we should take it into our own hands and be better than them.
00:23:45.660So I pray that all these people with their giant platforms, Penguin Zero, Moist Critical, should promote critical thinking instead of Moist Critical.
00:23:57.560Because there are so many different opinions on what is true or not.
00:24:00.300But also because it seems like the validity of one's bubble they find themselves trapped in is so much stronger due to how many more people are giving them social confirmation online.
00:24:10.300The divide between humans feels stronger than ever.
00:24:12.900And it feels like if you have just one different opinion than someone, they will immediately label you as wrong or a bad person.
00:24:20.140So now that we have a better understanding of how a lot of people, and maybe you, lack in critical thinking skills, we must now ask this question.
00:24:28.500How can each one of us become better critical thinkers and not be so inclined to instantly believe or look for information that confirms our biases?
00:24:37.520Well, in order to do so, we first need to understand the two systems of thinking that our brain usually uses that I've been referencing throughout this video.
00:24:46.200The two systems of thinking that we typically use are called fast thinking and slow thinking.
00:24:50.920And these terms were popularized by the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.
00:24:56.420And like Kahneman does in the book, we're going to refer to fast thinking as system one thinking and slow thinking as system two thinking.
00:25:03.740Our system one of thinking operates automatically and quickly with little to no effort and no sense of voluntary control.
00:25:10.000Examples of this are detecting that one object is farther than another, reading a simple sentence, or driving a car on an empty road.
00:25:16.820The system two of thinking allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it.
00:25:22.160Examples of system two thinking are focusing your attention on a particular person in a crowd, exercising faster than is normal for you, or as it relates to this video, thinking critically.
00:25:31.660If we want to stop letting our biases, triggers, and closed-minded worldviews govern all of our actions, then we must learn how to use our system two thinking more and how to use it properly.
00:25:41.940And I say properly because it's very easy to have a lazy system two that doesn't actually do the critical thinking work, especially given our modern information age.
00:25:51.100You see, system one automatically generates suggestions, feelings, and intuitions for system two.
00:25:56.060And if endorsed by a lazy system two, intuitions end up turning into beliefs, and impulses turn into voluntary actions.
00:26:03.720So basically, if you have a very lazy, improper system two, it will accept the faults of system one and not question them and just believe them as fact,
00:26:12.200which will then lead to you developing those cognitive biases that we talked about earlier, and most notably, confirmation bias.
00:26:19.240So the next time you're watching someone, or you're presented with a question, take a quick pause, and ask yourself,
00:26:25.580Am I seeing this without trying to impose my own beliefs and biases on the situation?
00:26:30.140Is there more to this than my immediate reaction?
00:26:32.980And how can I consider this from a viewpoint different from my own?
00:26:36.320Pay attention to how your body and mind is reacting, and how it is simply a process of the ego not being able to come to terms with potentially being wrong.
00:26:44.960This usually presents itself as an increased heart rate, an adrenaline rush, racing thoughts, and sweaty palms.
00:26:50.700To manage the stress of a decision or piece of content, go for a quick walk before reassessing what has been presented to you.
00:26:57.340Take prolonged periods to do simply nothing but stare at a-