Title: How can critical thinking help you in your everyday life? - eNotes.com
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How can critical thinking help you in your everyday life?
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Critical thinking involves taking information and trying to apply it to answer some question or questions. It involves looking at that information in a very disciplined, honest, and careful way. A person who thinks critically does not make assumptions and does not allow their personal feelings and prejudices to determine what sorts of conclusions they will draw from the information they are thinking about. This sort of thinking can be of enormous value in everyday life. Let's say, for example, that you are trying to decide whether to buy a particular piece of clothing. Let's say that you really want it and you think it looks really nice and, besides, it has the logo of some really popular clothing line on it. If you think critically, you will not let your emotions and your desire to have it control you. Instead, you will look at it more objectively. You will ask whether this piece of clothing is really that much better than one with no logo on it.