What Does Critical Thinking Mean To You?

ringo asks: One albeit minor difference is that the porn industry would not have created a character named Long Dong Silver, which became a national name thanks to the Clarence Thomas' Supreme Court Justice nominee hearings. This in turn became a meme that got me - by now known for very long songs on the open mike circuit - to get the nickname Long Song Smith. No one yet has come forward to suggest that I be nicknamed something like Plod Trod Smith....

Ringo asks: If you start by NOT believing the bridge is there, you will probably plan a different route, perhaps considerably longer. Then you find out from a friend that the bridge was there all the time and think to yourself, "Oh darn it!"In the other case, having a fairly good expectation of the bridge being there and saving you the longer route, you go to the bridge and find out that a very unlikely (in your mind) event has occurred and the bridge is gone. And you think to yourself, "Oh darn it!".It's a risk analysis you do in a mere smidgeon of time usually without even being aware of it.

Jon & NoNukes continue: This what I was saying. The Probability of X * reward - Probability of not X * cost.Risk analysis.