me_irl

"More people should think more critically"

Monkey's Paw Curls

Everyone gets into fights with you because they're second-guessing every damned little thing

Nobody gets anything done because they're overanalyzing

Nothing actually improves, because nobody's priors changed and they all come up the same conclusions anyway

Heuristics exist for a reason. You're not supposed to be doing deep analysis all the time. It's exhausting and does not reliably improve your life unless you're generating real new useful insights.

If you can't trust anyone else, you can't rely on common wisdom or instinct, and you're constantly in positions to make costly errors because of trick questions, critical thinking isn't going to save you.