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[[Evidence-based thinking]] is the [[worldview]] which believes that the best solutions are found by studying objective [[evidence]] and reaching conclusions through logic and reasoning.
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==About==
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[[Evidence-based thinking]], popularly known as [[reality-based thinking]], is the [[worldview]] which holds that reality is best understood by studying objective [[evidence]] and reaching conclusions through logic and reasoning.
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It is primarily in opposition to [[control-oriented thinking]], which holds that the only reality that matters is whatever people can be convinced to [[believe]] it is.
 
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* [[control-oriented thinking]]: belief that whatever people can be convinced to believe is the only truth that matters
 
* [[faith-based thinking]]: belief in [[received knowledge]] as the ultimate truth
 
* [[faith-based thinking]]: belief in [[received knowledge]] as the ultimate truth
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* [[popularity-based thinking]]: belief that whatever people can be convinced to believe is the only truth that matters
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* [[reality-based thinking]]: a popular synonym for [[evidence-based thinking]]
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==Notes==
 
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This duality is strikingly similar to the views of the Party in the novel ''[[1984 (novel)|1984]]'', in which the protagonist (Winston) is tortured to cure him of his "insanity", consisting primarily of his "false" notion that there exists an external, self-evident reality independent of the Party. Winston must learn to accept that reality is simply whatever the Party defines it as.
 

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Evidence-based thinking, popularly known as reality-based thinking, is the worldview which holds that reality is best understood by studying objective evidence and reaching conclusions through logic and reasoning.

It is primarily in opposition to control-oriented thinking, which holds that the only reality that matters is whatever people can be convinced to believe it is.

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