Test your reasoning

- Think about the last time you heard someone…say they were wrong.…Not wrong about a restaurant or a movie,…wrong about something they passionately believed in.…Can you think of any?…It's okay if you can't.…It's actually pretty rare to see someone change their mind.…In some organizations, it's even seen as wavering.…Some even view it as bad leadership.…Either way it's just something…you don't see very often.…A University of California physicist…named Richard Muller spent years…arguing against global climate change.…Much of his work was funded by the gas and oil industry.…

Later, his own research found very strong evidence…of global temperature increases.…He concluded that he was wrong…and that humans are to blame for climate change.…Muller saw the facts against him…were too strong to ignore,…so he changed his mind.…He didn't do it in a quiet way or seem ashamed.…Instead he wrote a long op-ed piece…in the New York Times that outlined his…initial arguments and why his new findings…showed that he was wrong.…That's how you should apply critical thinking…