Critical Thinking at Sonic Speeds
An examination of Critical Thinking Essentials
Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXXIV: Outcome Projection. This week Captain Smith discusses outcome projection. In terms of human factors what does outcome projection mean and why is it important? Listen in to find the answer.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXXIII: Captain Smith answers this week’s question from his audio engineer: “During your time as a Sonic Warrior, you were faced with enormously difficult challenges that if unsolved would have significantly diminished combat effectiveness. What were those challenges?”
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXXII: “High Flight”. Captain Smith clarifies how the poem “High Flight” is a template for how one should “think” when engaged in flight operations and high velocity combat operations.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXXI: Captain Smith answers a question posed by his audio engineer: “You have been spending quite a lot of time on this show and writing your Substack articles on 1) velocity, 2) atmospheric compression, 3) time compression, 4) temporal displacement, and 5) the flow. Can you explain how all of these fit together?”
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXX: Captain Smith answers this week’s question posed by his audio engineer, “You are proposing a radical idea: remove your currently installed intellectual equipment that is faulty and replace it with new and different intellectual equipment that will work. Please explain this for our listening audience.”
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXIX: Captain Smith is proposing a radical idea: that is if you want to perform well, you must first remove much of your intellectual equipment and replace it with that which will optimize performance during high-stakes operations.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXVIII: “Don’t think, do!”. This is a quote from the Top Gun Maverick movie. Captain Smith will explain what this actually means to fighter pilots and why you would want to know. Listen in on the broadcast.
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXVII: This week Captain Smith tells three short stories. They are 1) The Perch, 2) Last of the Gunfighters, and 3) Necessary Intellectual Equipment. We hope you enjoy them!
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXVI: Fighter pilots think critically, innovatively, and creatively. Captain Smith asserts that they must do this well because their environment is so unforgiving. Furthermore, he asserts, anyone can learn these intellectual skills; and now is the time!
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Think Like a Fighter Pilot – Part XXXXV: Battle Space Management. In order to manage the airborne battle space and succeed in comflict, we must be able to recognize the attempts at deception that the enemy will employ. What should we do to defeat this? Captain Smith urges you to learn and utilize the Truth Algorithm! Find this and all of Captain Smith’s podcasts on his website: ThrottleUpRadio.com.
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