BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190618T123000Z DTEND:20190618T203000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Critical Thinking For The Preservation of Our Democracy DESCRIPTION:Recently there has been a sharp decline in critical thinking listening thoughtfully and evaluating different points of view objectively on an issue. Rather\, partisan and often uncivil tribal loyalty is dominating the discourse\, and Americans are more and more getting their information and opinions from media vehicles that already agree and reinforce their going-in opinions. Other points of view are ignored.\n\nWe are planning to structure the sessions as debates where both sides of each issue are covered\, thus demonstrating critical thinking in action. For each debate there will be a moderator and two speakers representing different points of view on the issue. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Recently there has been a sharp decline in critical thinking &ndash\; listening thoughtfully and evaluating different points of view objectively on an issue. Rather\, partisan and often uncivil tribal loyalty is dominating the discourse\, and Americans are more and more getting their information and opinions from media vehicles that already agree and reinforce their going-in opinions. Other points of view are ignored.
\n\nWe are planning to structure the sessions as debates where both sides of each issue are covered\, thus demonstrating critical thinking in action. For each debate there will be a moderator and two speakers representing different points of view on the issue.
\n LOCATION:Spaulding Auditorium 12 Lebanon Street Hanover\, NH UID:e.3068.5586 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20240329T053451Z URL:https://visittheuppervalley.uppervalleybusinessalliance.com/events/details/critical-thinking-for-the-preservation-of-our-democracy-06-18-2019-5586 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR