Week 1, Bertrand Russell on Thinking Clearly

The expert lecture by Bertrand Russell was also interesting andbecause he feels that clarity isimportant for all mankind because one's prejudices are one's biases.I feel that it is true in some way, because we as human beings tendto jump to conclusions without being clear on the current situations.Instead we judge and focus in situations that may be hurtful toothers or we just do not look ahead and think clearly before we talkor give our opinions. On the other hand, the truth is hurtful, butsometimes it is better to know the truth to improve our experiencesinstead of always trying to avoid the reality. Prejudices and one'sbiases are important, but to some extent. For example, when we planto do something to improve our lives or to turn in an important examfor a course, one's prejudices and biases help to take the properdecisions, but if prejudices and biases are used to get revenge onothers or criticizes people, without getting to know them first, thanI agree that clarity is important.We need to use critical thinking to guide our judgments beforemaking prejudices and judgmental references to others. Even thoughthe lecture was difficult to understand, because the audio was notworking properly, the couple of statements that Mr. Russell made wereunderstandable and clear.