22 September

Is there anything more satisfying than critical thinking? Is critical thinking an addiction like alcoholism?


I have to thank you for a very amusing mental image:

<Imagines a scuffy-looking guy on a street corner, accosting passersby. "Hey, buddy! I got some hot philosophical thoughts here. Show me some green and work your grey.">

Heh.

8 Responses to “Is there anything more satisfying than critical thinking? Is critical thinking an addiction like alcoholism?”

  1. Derek L Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Sex
    Drugs
    Rock and roll
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  2. Counts heavy eating as exercise Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 2:46 pm

    It could be, but even to the extent of addiction, it costs less, benefits you more, and you don’t get a beer gut.
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  3. ACE Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 2:55 pm

    It is the way your mind is supposed to work.

    That’s like asking "Is getting proper nutrition and exercise an addiction?"

    They are how you stay healthy mentally and physically.
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  4. CrG Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Critical thinking is difficult, therefore it is non-addicting. If you say that C T is easy then you are not pushing yourself.
    Phillip Martin, the newspaper columnist who evaluates movies is a deep critical thinker. He works at it.
    I try to be a critical thinker when it comes to religion and spirituality. It is not easy. If I was looking for an addiction, it wouldn’t be in writing. That is lonely, hard work.
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  5. vonhiggins Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    Yes. Unqualified synoptic thinking.

    No. Critical thinking has no relation to a life-threatening illness. Addictions of the kind mentioned are to mood altering substances. The one who suffers is compelled whereas the one who thinks is liberated. There is only the deadly illusion of satisfaction in compulsion.
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  6. philogos82 Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    Many things are more statisfying than critical thinking. How about sex, love, heroine, human emotions… I wouldn’t group critical thinking with alcoholism, more as a kind of intellectual virtue. Somehow the term fails to do justice to all the other modes of thought we could emply, such as creativity, intuitive understanding, imagination, etc…
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  7. Doctor Y Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm

    I have to thank you for a very amusing mental image:

    <Imagines a scuffy-looking guy on a street corner, accosting passersby. "Hey, buddy! I got some hot philosophical thoughts here. Show me some green and work your grey.">

    Heh.
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  8. All hat Says:
    September 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    I can think of a dozen things more satisfying than critical thinking, and I do not find it to be an addiction; rather a useful intellectual tool for getting at the truth.
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