William Sumner and Francis Bacon are correct in stating that critical thinking helps us interpret ourselves and the world around us; however, I disagree with parts of their statements. Sumner states, “Education in the critical faculty is the only education of which it can be truly said that it makes good citizens,” this is untrue in the sense that all education one endures, helps them in some way. People around the world go to rehab to become a better person, regardless of critical thinking. Sumner also makes yet another contradictory statement when stating that, “Men educated…cannot be stampeded…”. Men and women come to find, as they grow older, that there is always someone who knows more and that is what allows us to grow. People strive to