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To: yard_man who wrote (67840)	8/9/2006 7:28:55 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

I didn't say most couldn't think critically. I think #2 "apathy" and #3 "it doesn't matter what I think" dominate, and perhaps #4 as you suggested, the inability to filter out the noise. I don't lump "self critical" with critical thinking, btw. I hear many people who (for instance) complain about something they do, but then hear nothing behind the complaint except a wish that they didn't do that. I think there are a lot of people who think things through but then base their actions on hunches or superstitions, gut feelings, etc. Kind of defeats the purpose. Investing is a good example of that sort of divergence.