A great deal of energy is spent evaluating evidence in critical thinking  classes.
The evidence we possess has special salience in our thinking because it is visible, right in front of us. Nassim Taleb, however, reminds us that some of the most important evidence is the evidence we do not have because it is not only [...]

Why, I wonder, do we speak and write as if words have a single meaning? While it would doubtlessly be tiresome to clarify each of our words.  What reader or listener would have the tolerance to endure such slow-moving discourse?  But we surely need to clarify and seek clarification for key words in our reasoning. [...]

Most baseball caps are worn on our head. Therefore, most of what is on our head at any given time are baseball caps.

Even Presidents and top journalists are sloppy with numerical qualifiers to the detriment of their arguments.

Innumeracy and Numerical Qualifiers