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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 17 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Remember, critical thinking and trusting nobody are two very different things that don't really have anything to do with one another.

Critical thinking means that you learn to figure out who (and what information) you can trust. If you are a critical thinker, you know how to vet sources, learn what marketing/political lingo actually means beyond the apparently obvious meaning of the words. You know how to find discrepancies between different bits of information and how to balance them and figure out what's behind them.

It certainly doesn't mean to not trust anything, because that means you are discarding actual information in favour of hallucinations.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Not trusting anyone based on feelings or emotions rather than through knowledge, experience and unbiased information is also a very dangerous thing.

It can lead people down a path towards cults, religions, and authoritarian leaders and movements that have all the "answers" for you.

There is no greater power for an individual to have than a broad range of knowledge and information from reliable vetted, openly available, openly shared and universally accepted sources. If your guru has secret knowledge that no one knows about, chances are that information is either no good or it is unacceptable for a reason.

And also remember "keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out"

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And also remember “keep an open mind, but not so open that your brain falls out”

Love that, I'm gonna steal that ;)

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

It's a quote often attributed to Carl Sagan but I think it was around, or a quote like it has been around far longer.

I love the quote too and often remind people about it especially when they want to share information or knowledge that is extreme or not well known.

We do have to question the world and everything and everyone in it .... but not to the point where we abandon reality.