Photo : Esprit critique à la Cité des sciences
Critical Thinking at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie: come and test yourself
Under the flood of images, information, and incentives that assault us from all sides, how can we form an enlightened judgment? Sharpen your critical thinking at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie! This fun temporary exhibition, with its offbeat narrative, invites you to explore our cognitive mechanisms and the social phenomena that guide our choices. How? By submitting yourself to a few tests...
Cité des sciences et de l'industrie (Paris 19th)
About
In Critical Thinking, learn how to verify information, debunk preconceived ideas, and strengthen your vigilance! The exhibition offers a real playground for evaluating your behavior in everyday situations.
Equipped with a connected wristband, wander freely through a city: stop by the supermarket, the town hall, the newsstand... Thematic areas offer tests inspired by research in behavioral and social psychology, cognitive science, and sociology. As you go through the experiences, collect badges, decode your answers, and compare them with those of other visitors.
At the exit of the city, assess your performance based on five criteria: ability to adjust your confidence, rely on the collective, process information, resist cognitive biases, and suspend judgment when you don't know. But be careful, nothing is guaranteed: critical thinking must be maintained!
The Critical Thinking exhibition is co-produced by Cap Sciences (Bordeaux), the Quai des Savoirs (Toulouse), and Universcience (Paris).
Our take on this event
Put your judgment to the test by navigating through a simulated city designed to reveal how you process information in everyday situations. This interactive experience tracks your choices via a digital bracelet to show you exactly how you weigh evidence, handle social influence, and resist cognitive bias. It is an engaging way to sharpen your thinking skills while discovering how you compare to the crowd.
The Cité des sciences et de l'industrie presents Esprit critique, an interactive exhibition designed for visitors aged 10 and over. This experience invites you to navigate a simulated city using a connected wristband to test how you process information, identify cognitive biases, and handle daily scenarios. Through challenges grounded in behavioral psychology and social sciences, you can measure your ability to verify facts and suspend judgment. Open until August 29, 2027, the exhibition offers a practical way to sharpen your analytical skills while engaging with scientific concepts in an immersive setting.
Esprit critique transforms the museum into a playground for the mind. As you wander through settings like a local shop or the town hall, you will participate in experiments inspired by cognitive science and sociology. Each challenge is designed to reveal your behavioral patterns, which are tracked via a connected wristband. As you progress, you collect badges and see how your reactions compare to those of fellow visitors.
Your journey concludes with a comprehensive assessment based on five key areas: your use of collective knowledge, your ability to process data, your level of confidence, your resistance to cognitive bias, and your comfort with uncertainty. This exhibition is a collaborative project between Cap sciences, Quai des savoirs, and Universcience.
The exhibition is open from Tuesday to Saturday between 10:00 and 18:00, and on Sundays from 10:00 to 19:00. Tickets are available at 15 € or 12 €.
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