As Thomas Kida writes in his fine new book entitled "Don't Believe Everything You Think:  The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make In Thinking," "We all have natural tendencies to search for and evaluate evidence in a faulty manner" and "Critical thinking and decision-making are typically not taught in our schools."  Even very smart, highly educated and professional people make these basic errors in thinking.  (For example, we often argue from our own limited experience rather than from broader and deeper objective evidence.)