A lot of critical thinking and questioning of authority without the proper framework of rationality and methodology can backfire into turning more people into p

A lot of critical thinking and questioning of authority without the proper framework of rationality and methodology can backfire into turning more people into paranoid tinfoil hatters rather than critical thinkers with a healthy skepticism of leaders. Unfortunately, most of our current public education system was not designed to create thinkers as much as assembly line workers and this erodes the confidence in our education system by knee-jerk public institution haters that make up a great deal of the US population. I don't particularly like public anything but the either-or mentality that pervades public discourse really needs to be addressed for progress in discourse to proceed. Talking about the same wedge issues like we did 50 years ago as if nothing's changed since the issue came up is not progress in discourse at all by definition. It's reminiscent of many long, bad marriages - the arguments are always the same.