| Theme about Responses in a Survey | Summary |
| Ideas/Values | One value is surrounding the quest for spirituality as a meme. 13 out of 21 people say it is more appealing than religion because you can make up your own rules. Religion indeed has more structure and it’s older, which is why spirituality is so appealing. But fundamentally they are both pivoted on the propensity to believe in things that have no evidence of any kind. |
| Critical Thinking | Thoughts are different from thinking. 12 out of 21 people said that one reason was that we give meaning to thoughts. 11 chose elements of thinking critically that need training and metacognition is counterintuitive. |
| Meta-Critical Thinking | Another question was in regards to how to think about thoughts in a belief system without using thoughts to lead them. Cognitive filters are another term to suit thoughts that created other frameworks of thinking. |
| Behavioral/ Cognitive/Intellectual/ Memetic Stupidity | There are many elements of memetic/behavioral stupidity, not to be confused with cognitive slurs. 21 responses were added, and there could be more than one answer per person selected, shown in the PPT file, supplementary material. |
| Ideas/Values (2) | One value that was discussed is how freedom might be misused, and 14 people responded. There was more than one option that could be selected. |
| Critical Thinking (2) | Another graph summarized ideas about what is missing from the field of Critical Thinking. 10 out of 21 votes were on thinking versus thought. 8 say not usually taught how to listen properly. 5 say it is counterintuitive… |
| Ideas/Values (3) | The last chart returns to the argument through counter-intuitiveness, we can train our minds to change. 52% voted to change our minds. 19% said we are stubborn about our beliefs. |
| Ideas/Values (4) | Regarding groups and ideology, 21 people responded regarding unnatural ways to split as opposed to natural. 38%. were millennials, 1 person was from the baby boomer generation. Demographics can influence the values we have and the way we think. |
| How We Use the Internet | 21 people responded to reasons on why people may believe a false narrative online. There could be more than one answer per person. |
| How we use the Internet (2) | The next question was about listing problems with how people use computer algorithms. This reflects the natural tendency to think based on emotions, not logic. |
| Ideas/Values (5) | Another value that seems overinflated is superficiality. 10 out of 21 people said that it is more excessive than less excessively valued today. |
| Ideas/Values (6) | Many factors are causing or caused by biased thinking shown in peer groups, depicted in the supplementary material. |
| Critical Thinking (3) | 15 out of 21 people rated that people who were being challenged were mostly likely unwilling to listen or not listen at all when challenged. |