There is a Fox News headline that goes like this: "Transgender female runner who beat 14,000 women at London Marathon offers to give medal back." Read about the event elsewhere and it turns out the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kathleen Walch covers AI, ML, and big data best practices. AI, particularly generative AI, is having an immediate and dramatic ...

Critical thinking springs from the notion of reflective thought proposed by Dewey (1933), who borrowed from the work of philosophers such as William James and Charles Peirce. Reflective thought was ...

A 2026 Wharton study documents how AI is restructuring human reasoning in the workplace, and what leaders can do before the window to act closes.

In a recent post, I discussed social barriers to applying critical thinking. I received interesting feedback on this particular topic and I thought further discussion around this dialogue would be of ...

A new study co-authored by Microsoft found that those with high confidence in the ability of generative AI also exhibit lower critical thinking skills. The report (PDF), titled "The Impact of ...

I t has been almost 70 years since the term “artificial intelligence” was coined at a 1956 Dartmouth College summer workshop. The conference was convened by the mathematician John McCarthy, who ...

People who do not work in a “creative shop” (i.e., ad agency, public relations firm, graphic design boutique) sometimes imagine that our days consist of sitting around in comfy chairs drinking strong ...

A simple classroom question can open up a far deeper lesson. When a teacher asks why the sky appears blue or whether a viral claim is credible, the exercise goes beyond science; it tests a student’s ...

Most of us assume we are critical thinkers. After all, we often disagree with other people. But being “critical” (expressing adverse comments) is vastly different from the act of “critical thinking” ...

A study by Michael Gerlich at SBS Swiss Business School has found that increased reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) tools is linked to diminished critical thinking abilities. It points to ...