The process of critical thinking involves "â€following evidence where
             it leads; considering all possibilities; relying on reason rather than
             emotion; being preciseâ€; weighing the effects of motives and biases; being
             concerned more with finding the truth than with being rightâ€." (Fowler,
             cited Kurland, para 10) Thus, it is evident that the process of critical
             thinking requires the assembling and organizing of data and thoughts in
             order to enable logical thinking. In addition, the organizing and ordering
             of data and thought facilitates inquiry, a process that is critical to the
             The importance of the role played by "organizing" in critical thinking
             is evidenced by the very fact that human kind owes much of its knowledge
             and progress to its efforts to learn and reproduce the patterns of order
             that exist in the universe (Kirby & Goodpaster, 1999, p. 119). Indeed, the
             origins of order or the organizing principle is to be found in the natural
             order of the universe itself. In fact, it is the observation of these
             natural orders that has enabled scientists, down the ages, to hypothesize,
             experiment, and validate their premises, leading to many a breakthrough
             discovery such as gravitational forces.
             It is important to note, however, that although the origins of order
             in the universe may act as a fundamental building block in the process of
             critical thinking, a great deal also depends on the mental orders developed
             by human kind: "These orders are not totally disconnected from the natural
             physical orders around us." (Kirby & Goodpaster, 1999, p. 122). Thus, Sir
             Isaac Newton may have observed an apple fall from a tree and seen an
             analogical order between its fall and the fact that people don't float in
             the air. But it was primarily his ability to organize and connect other,
             seemingly unrelated pieces of data, such as the moon revolving in its
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