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>largely uneducated I don't think schooling is the issue. Both schooled and unschooled are falling for lies - especially when the reader is not knowledgeable i
by vezycash 6y ago
>largely uneducated
I don't think schooling is the issue. Both schooled and unschooled are falling for lies - especially when the reader is not knowledgeable in the topic.
>easily manipulated, and bad at critical thinking
I agree here and would add, once people have made up their mind on a topic, they tend to stick to that position and tune out counter evidence. And their initial position is due to luck or randomness of which position they first get exposed to.
- fossuser 6y agoYeah - I think that's a fair criticism. I'd suspect uneducated makes it worse, but that might not even be true (maybe uneducated people are more willing to change their mind? maybe they're less effective at rationalizing bullshit?). Maybe it's less about education and more about intelligence broadly defined or less about both and more about practicing 'rationality' specifically, but that ties into critical thinking. I could see it being either way, or likely some combination of all of it.