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Originally Posted by MsDemeanor
Again, gotta disagree. Teaching people how to think is vitally important, agreed. But, teaching them what to think is also important. All the critical thinking skills in the world mean nothing if they're taught to believe that the earth is 6,000 years old. No amount of critical thinking skills are going to help those school kids in Texas who are having American history replaced by Conservative indoctrination. You can't critically think your way out of a paper bag if you don't have facts.
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Totally disagree here. If people have critical thinking skills they can find the information and understand the information they find and can learn that the earth is not 6,000 years old. THey will know the difference beween religion and science. Critical thinking will teach the kids in Texas not to take those textbooks at face Value.
That's the whole point of critical thinking, you question everything you read and hear!! You don't need facts to critiically think your way our of a paper bag, you need to know to question all received information.
If people are taught what to think rather than how to think, then we will definitely have a nation of sheep because those in power will be teaching the "what." If people are taught how to think and have strong critical thinking skills then they are independent thinkers and won't be led around by people who are trying to teach them "what' to think.
Teaching people "What" to think just scares me. Its brainwashing.
Rufus