Critical Thinking
The ability to think about a concept in multiple ways; through multiple viewpoints. To slowly arrive at a conclusion after gathering multi-sourced arguments and evidence. Ideally this leads to making updates and corrections to your thoughts and conclusions as more / better information is discovered.
Sources
The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers, Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee, Ian Drosos, Advait Sarkar et al., ( 2025 )