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I don't know what direction the causal arrow flows here though: it's just as plausible to me that those inclined towards or capable of critical thinking gravita
by wutbrodo 7y ago
I don't know what direction the causal arrow flows here though: it's just as plausible to me that those inclined towards or capable of critical thinking gravitate towards those degrees. Like I said, I have no idea what the reality is, but I don't think anyone does, and what I'm pushing back against is the notion held by so many that throwing arbitrary education at people magically grows critical thinking skills
- sprafa 7y agoI don’t think arbitrary education works. In fact I’d like to add that I said above - probably the best education for critical thinking I can imagine is teaching people about cognitive biases and heuristics.
- wutbrodo 7y agoRight, I didn't mean to suggest that _you_ were falling into this trap in your comment. My second sentence isn't too tied to my first, it's just a clarification that I'm not completely fatalist about the issue (yet).