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>How can the problems that are likely caused by cultural independence be solved without fully centralizing cultural authority? You identified the problem earli

>How can the problems that are likely caused by cultural independence be solved without fully centralizing cultural authority? You identified the problem earlier in your post: >Peoples obedience to authority didn't change much in general, it's an instinct for survival What separates human beings from other animals is our ability to reason and not defer blindly to instinct. The issue is obedience to authority, not that people are simply listening to the wrong authorities. We should do our best to teach our children skepticism and critical thinking skills. We should urge Socratic Dialogue and, over time, move people towards being less susceptible to faith-based dogmas and conspiracies.

hi5eyes 7y ago
> We should do our best to teach our children skepticism and critical thinking skills. We should urge Socratic Dialogue and, over time, move people towards being less susceptible to faith-based dogmas and conspiracies. gets brought up a lot during online discussions about digital communities and the well educated affluent antivax parents always comes to my mind https://abcnews.go.com/Health/parents-vaccinate-kids-tend-affluent-educated-experts/story?id=60674519 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/parents-vaccinate-kids-tend-af...