When we have various
sources of extracting information, it is hard to find out the genuine truth. This
makes a lot of concerns in our everyday daily matters. Critical thinking or basic reasoning
help us in making an intellectual choice and informed decision-making. This won't
make strides on shallow or unclear information and will ultimately lead to a
smooth decision-making process. Following
are the obstacles that limit us to start thinking critically
1-Absence
of Basic Information: Most of us are unaware of background
information and ground realities of facts
and figures. And we do not try to explore
the basic findings to enhance our knowledge.
2-Poor
Research Skills: It is
a major issue that the majority of the
researchers lack in effective research techniques including content analysis, SWOT
analysis etc. While the majority of the
people show an unwillingness to seek new
research techniques. They focus only those aspects that they desire to look
into.
3-Biasness:
It
is another obstruction in basic reasoning or critical thinking that one cannot acknowledge
the reality and show biasness while analyzing the information.
4-Egocentric: : Another common issue is being egocentric which
is the inability to untangle subjective schemas from objective reality and an
inability to understand or assume any perspective other than one's own
It results in hesitation in acceptance of
reality .
5-Narrow-mindedness:
Most of the time we are ignorant of the developments and unable to foresee the dynamic effects of various issues.
6-Unreal
Assumption: Sometimes we form the wrong perception about any matter that hinders
us in further reasoning and exploring truths and facts about any entity.
7-Selective
Research Topics:We
use to give attention to selective issues which limit our barriers to research due to data constraints, technical
issues etc.
Umair
Raza
The
author is the executive editor of the E-Magazine Positive Pakistan.
Well expressed.. Informative 👍🏼
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