https://www.huffmanwrites.org/tags/critical-thinking/Recent content in Critical-Thinking on Huffman WritesHugoenSun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/summaries/brocas-brain-summary/Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/summaries/brocas-brain-summary/A summary and review of Carl Sagan's wide-ranging essay collection on science, pseudoscience, the romance of discovery, and the nature of the inquiring mind.https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/summaries/demon-haunted-world-summary/Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/summaries/demon-haunted-world-summary/A summary and review of Carl Sagan's argument for skepticism as a daily practice and the baloney detection kit as a survival tool.https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/summaries/thinking-fast-and-slow-summary/Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/summaries/thinking-fast-and-slow-summary/Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow — a summary and critical review of his System 1 and System 2 framework, the cognitive biases they produce, and where the research holds up under scrutiny.https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/essays/starstuff-remembering-carl-sagan/Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/essays/starstuff-remembering-carl-sagan/Remembering Carl Sagan, his cosmic perspective, and what it means to be starstuff.https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/digests/digest-for-november-7-2025/Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/digests/digest-for-november-7-2025/Weekly digest: observations, recommendations, and reflections from November 7, 2025.https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/stoicism/the-responsibility-of-a-small-shining-world/Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.huffmanwrites.org/posts/stoicism/the-responsibility-of-a-small-shining-world/Our shared duty to protect the fragile planet we call home.