differentiated from or opposed to emotions and opinion(3)

Mentioned by 3 respondents, including: the ability to assess a situation … considering its facts and also the ways in which people might react to the same issue on a non-rational, emotional basis, and the ability then to make decisions based on those facts (x1), to think critically is to not get influenced by biases and emotions but base decisions on logic and data (x1), being able to discern between a fact and an opinion one has is important. … to realize which statements in and out of games, academia and everyday life are based on emotions rather than facts (x1).