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Christopher Hitchens: Critical Thinking

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Christopher Hitchens stated, “The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.” How someone chooses to process their thoughts and curiosities will eventually guide them to forming a substantial and unique opinion of their own. Critical thinking is a way that a person can transform to an outside of the box thinker. Often times in society, especially with the progression of technology we have become accustomed to not thinking for ourselves, due to the lack of reason to think on our own when we have social media, government officials, and political candidates constantly filling our brains with their own personal versions. Critical thinking is about not following the popular opinion or what your friends and

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