Practical Prompts for Clearer Thinking
Use this meta-prompt for any situation you want to analyze:
I'm thinking about [your situation]. What's the most important critical
thinking question I should be asking myself that I'm probably overlooking?
We all think we’re logical. We’re not.
Our brains take shortcuts. We jump to conclusions. We miss crucial details.
But what if we have a personal trainer for our mind? Someone who:
We can use the following prompts to do this job.
Try this when: You encounter surprising information.
I read that [claim]. What questions should I ask to determine
if this information is trustworthy?
Example: “I read that eating eggs increases heart disease risk by 60%…”
What you’ll discover: How to evaluate information quality in our misinformation-saturated world.