Critical Thinking at Sonic Speeds
Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part IX: This week Captain Smith discusses the movie Top Gun: Maverick, and his new book The Sonic Warrior: Chronicles of a Top Gun Pioneer. Both provide insight into how to think when conditions are at once dangerous and difficult. All of Captain Smith’s podcasts can be found on his website ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part VIII: Operating at the tip of the spear – what warriors do!
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part VII: The Problem of Consciousness. Captain Smith challenges us to look at how we detect signals and acquire information; and how we construct an enduring model of reality. He plays 2 clips from Jordan Peterson to enhance the discussion. If you are not reading this description on his website, please visit ThrottleUpRadio.com to find all of Captain Smith’s podcasts.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part VI: This week’s show is focused on human cognition. Captain Smith discusses the problem of perception and how to think, operate, and perform when encountering hostilities such that survival as a nation is at stake. If not viewing this description on his website, be advised that ALL of Captain Smith’s podcasts can be found on his website TrottleUpRadio.com.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part V: Captain Smith discusses how a fighter pilot thinks and why it matters. You will want to learn! More of this kind of thinking will benefit our world.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part IV: Embrace courage and optimism. Reject fear and anxiety. We must decide that we cannot live in a risk free world and we will not become risk averse. Rather we will face challenges with confidence.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part III: Take charge of your thinking and think vertically. This will create a mind-space that defines who you are. Perhaps you will say “I am no longer a flat-lander. I have learned to soar through the heavens.”
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part II: Fighter pilots have solved the problem of perception. This solution can be useful to all now that we live in a world of deception and propaganda. We all must consider the question: Is our perception valid or corrupted? Listen in to the discussion. Captain Smith plays several clips from the great Jordan Peterson.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part I: Captain Smith discusses why this is important and how it relates to the Truth Algorithm. Fighter pilots perceive and think accurately and critically under extreme conditions.
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The Truth Algorithm – Part XXXXVI: What is the Truth? Is Ukraine a democracy or is it a dictatorship? Captain Smith examines this issue from the perspective of critical thinking and the Truth Algorithm.
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