How good is the critical thinking that's taught in the hard sciences? My assumption would be that it's quite limited there, too - present only to the extent tha

How good is the critical thinking that's taught in the hard sciences? My assumption would be that it's quite limited there, too - present only to the extent that it absolutely has to be for good science to be carried out. It seems that critical thinking is generally seen (by whatever system is in charge) as an ugly thing, which, in some cases, must unfortunately be allowed to rear its head, so that progress can be made. Critical thinking is really quite a natural thing for humans to do, but it is for the above reason that it is largely stamped out of us by the school system.