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I went to a very religious school that has a bad reputation for being closed-minded. I found many of the graduates and students to live up to that reputation, b
by TallGuyShort 9y ago
I went to a very religious school that has a bad reputation for being closed-minded. I found many of the graduates and students to live up to that reputation, but I learned to question a lot from the professors. My biology professor there taught evolution in the most convincing way I've ever seen. Presented the history, the evidence, the thinking behind the theory, common fallacies, etc. Across the board, I heard some of the most convincing arguments for political, religious and scientific thinking that contradicted the stereotype from the very professors who were teaching everyone. So they exemplified it well, and I feel like they taught it to me well, but I look at the result and it just didn't happen a lot. Could be hard to teach, could be hard to make someone learn (I feel like it's the latter), but it certainly is not just a problem caused by professors who can't think critically themselves.
- andrewflnr 9y agoCould be hard to teach, could be hard to make someone learn (I feel like it's the latter) I don't really see the difference between these, at least from a practical perspective. I guess my point is that you can't make someone learn critical thinking. I definitely wasn't trying to say that the problem is professors being bad at critical thinking; that hardly enters the equation. :)