{"id":505655,"date":"2023-05-12T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=505655"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:05:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:05:13","slug":"the-philosophy-and-art-of-critical-thinking-how-to-think-critically-first-principles-carte-blanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/12\/the-philosophy-and-art-of-critical-thinking-how-to-think-critically-first-principles-carte-blanche\/","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy and Art of Critical Thinking: How to Think Critically First Principles Carte Blanche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, think carte blanche first principles. Think from scratch, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think like the Germans or the Japanese by analogy or iteration. 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