CRITICAL THINKING: is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. The only variable which will affect the outcome is the environment and education of the Thinker in question. If either one is flawed then the outcome will be flawed and conclusions will be erroneous.