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Certified Geek: Critical Thinking

The GeeksAroundGlobe certification in curiosity and critical thinking. Learn how a viral number is actually built, how to judge a source in under a minute, and how to check a claim before you pass it on — then prove it with a verifiable certificate.

Level
beginner
Duration
~45 minutes
Price
Free
Assessment
Checks per lesson + final exam
On completion
Verifiable certificate

Taught by Kesara Bandaragoda
Founder of Geeks Around Globe | CEO at BrandFactory | AI-Native Systems & Media

Start the course — free

Passing the exam earns “Certified Geek: Critical Thinking” — a private certificate of completion issued by Geeks Around Globe with a public verification page. See the certificate

What you'll learn

  1. 01Trace a headline figure back to the assumption it rests on.
  2. 02Tell an implied valuation apart from an audited one.
  3. 03Judge the credibility of a source in about a minute.
  4. 04Name the common reasoning traps: survivorship, base rate, confirmation bias.
  5. 05Decide what evidence would change your mind before you argue.

Who this course is for

Instructor: Kesara Bandaragoda — Founder of Geeks Around Globe | CEO at BrandFactory | AI-Native Systems & Media

Readers who want a rigorous habit for handling claims, figures and headlines — no statistics background needed.

Prerequisites

  • None — curiosity is the only requirement.

Syllabus

Thinking tools

  • Why curiosity beats certainty — 8 min
  • Where a number actually comes from — 11 min
  • Reading a claim like a geek — 10 min

Applied geekery

  • Judging a source in sixty seconds — 9 min
  • Verify before you amplify — 7 min

Your certificate

Finish the programme, earn the certificate

Pass the final assessment and “Certified Geek: Critical Thinking” is issued in your name: sealed, numbered and dated, with a page anyone can use to check it.

  • Add it to LinkedInOne click from your certificate’s page adds it to your profile, linked back to the record.
  • A credential anyone can checkA unique credential ID and QR code open its live record, served from our issuing database.
  • Strengthen your résuméThe skills you practised are printed on it, with a link that shows you finished the work.
Start the course — free

A private certificate of completion issued by Geeks Around Globe. Not an accredited academic credential.

Specimen of the Certified Geek: Critical Thinking certificate for Certified Geek: Critical Thinking: an ivory certificate with an engraved border, the Geeks Around Globe mark, a red wax seal with ribbons, a credential ID and a QR code.
Specimen. Each certificate carries the learner’s name, the date, a credential ID and a QR code to its live record. Select it to see it full size.

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