Critical Thinking

• 

  Is it possible that I'm wrong?
  
  Is it possible that I'm emotionally or intellectually attached to one particular answer or opinion?
  
  Should I read more on the subject before coming to a conclusion and look at alternative opinions?
  
  Is it possible that I'm hardwired or inclined to believe this?
  
  Have I been told that this is true so often that I assume it to be true?
  
  Am I afraid to not agree with others so I convince myself that it is true?
  
  Should I try to put myself in the shoes of someone who disagrees with me and see if it makes sense from their perspective?
  
  What would it take to change my mind? ~SCTS
  
  " For myself, I found that I was fitted for nothing so well as for the study of Truth; as having a mind nimble and versatile enough to catch the resemblances of things … and at the same time steady enough to fix and distinguish their subtler differences; as being gifted by nature with desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and as being a man that neither affects what is new nor admires what is old, and that hates every kind of imposture. "
  
  - Sir Francis Bacon, 1605