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Hitting Bottom
Confirmation Bias: A well-known flaw of the human thinking apparatus is its willingness to accept, without critical thought, a claim that fits neatly with the mind’s pre-existing belief system. Below is a short questionnaire to assess your belief system. Based on that profile, a readily absorbed claim will be presented. The student is required to dissect the claim and identify at least two reasons why it is wrong…
—Accel Topic: Critical Thinking. Module: Failure Modes
Jun Laquan marveled as he started tinkering with the robots made available to the older students for experiments. His new tutor, Chen Ying, seemed interested in helping and apparently stole them for him. Chen had held his finger to his lips in a shushing motion. “Don’t tell anyone.”
So with Chen’s help,
