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Do you know of any "one a day" critical thinking apps or websites with which you can practice a brief and daily critical thinking exercise? (lemmy.world)

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By critical thinking, I suppose I mean more along the lines of evaluate this text or claim or media

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 days ago

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