RidgePointe is the Host Site for
The Critical Thinking Club - West Metro
The club meets the Fourth Saturday each month
10:00AM - 12:00 Noon
in Marion Hall of the 12600 Building
Contact Person for more info:
Lee Salisbury   (651) 430-1091
leesal@comcast.net

MISSION: The Critical Thinking Club aims to deepen our understanding of critical thinking principles, standards and concepts and foster habits of critical analysis and rational thought through the mutual interaction of our membership.”

MOTTO: It’s not what you think, it’s how you think.

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Sat Aug 28 
Topic: TOPIC: Food, Energy, and Water: Connections, Conflicts, and Dependencies

SPEAKER: Dale Stenseth

Worldwide demand is growing for food, energy, and water. Dale's presentation will examine some of the connections, conflicts, and dependencies between these important resources.


Dale Stenseth is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. He has 30 years experience working for local manufacturing companies in various roles. For the last 10 years, he consulted on large software implementations at various locations in the US and in Japan.

Dale has been to all 7 continents. He has hiked down and up the Grand Canyon in one day, and to the highest points in each of 43 states, plus Mt. Fuji, Huaynu Picchu, El Capitan, Ayer's Rock, Mt. Lam Lam, and others. He is author of Freighter Odyssey: Around the World in 130 Days. His book is available at Hennepin County Library. 


Sat Sept 25, 2010

Topic: Pseudoscience
Speaker: Dr Jerry Larson


Examining many examples of pseudoscience including chiropractic, acupuncture, and a number of modalities of alternative medicine, Jerry Larson will show why critical thinking is needed to tell the difference between pseudoscience and real science, and how to make that distinction.

Jerry V. Larson, M.D. is a retired physician who practiced internal medicine in St. Paul for 33 years. His interest in pseudoscience stems from that experience and the frustration of dealing with patients who often relied on pseudoscience rather than medicine for health advise. 

More info about CRITICAL THINKING CLUB:
Website:http://www.criticalthinkingclub.org/index.php