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Learning how to think well involves hearts as well as minds
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Humanity. Humour. Curiosity. Imagine a person who is hugely knowledgeable and brilliantly rational, yet falls short on virtue. Could such a person really be described as knowing how to think? Tim Harford argues that learning "how to think" is about moral virtues and logical skills.
