Thomas Jefferson living in an age of pseudoscience that justifies slavery... And again we are in an age that also uses bad science / pseudo-scientific and philosophical ideas that justify oppression and unequal treatment. (now focused on skin color, sex, and sexual orientation - and discriminating based on...) The sooner Critical thinki…
Thomas Jefferson living in an age of pseudoscience that justifies slavery... And again we are in an age that also uses bad science / pseudo-scientific and philosophical ideas that justify oppression and unequal treatment. (now focused on skin color, sex, and sexual orientation - and discriminating based on...) The sooner Critical thinking and knowledge of fallacies become standard in school the better. (This was the education of the classics. - As kings were educated.)
What to think and not how - is the education of a follower of the next poor idea. and not interested in allowing individuals to become truly free.
Well said. As I grow older the more I see critical thinking as the mental equivalent of physical skills like running: most folks know how to do it - more or less - but they are too lazy and/or out of practice to do it well. We need to go beyond teaching people how to carefully reason - we need to encourage exercising that skill!
Years ago, people kept themselves physically fit because physical skills were important in agricultural & industrial economies - in today's information economy, people should keep themselves mentally fit (ie. well-practiced in the techniques of critical thinking/evidence-based reasoning). Alas we don't and we suffer for it.
Thomas Jefferson living in an age of pseudoscience that justifies slavery... And again we are in an age that also uses bad science / pseudo-scientific and philosophical ideas that justify oppression and unequal treatment. (now focused on skin color, sex, and sexual orientation - and discriminating based on...) The sooner Critical thinking and knowledge of fallacies become standard in school the better. (This was the education of the classics. - As kings were educated.)
What to think and not how - is the education of a follower of the next poor idea. and not interested in allowing individuals to become truly free.
Well said. As I grow older the more I see critical thinking as the mental equivalent of physical skills like running: most folks know how to do it - more or less - but they are too lazy and/or out of practice to do it well. We need to go beyond teaching people how to carefully reason - we need to encourage exercising that skill!
Years ago, people kept themselves physically fit because physical skills were important in agricultural & industrial economies - in today's information economy, people should keep themselves mentally fit (ie. well-practiced in the techniques of critical thinking/evidence-based reasoning). Alas we don't and we suffer for it.