I'm not going to comment on the particular facet of contention here. I do, however, think that there is a severe deficiency in critical thinking skills in moder

I'm not going to comment on the particular facet of contention here. I do, however, think that there is a severe deficiency in critical thinking skills in modern society. Especially in America. It lends toward making many assumptions and accepting many claims on everything except facts and it encourages leaping to conclusions simply because it's better than an unanswered question. I am not a well-learned student of critical thinking, either. I'm just another public school cretin. I do value knowledge and evidence, however. I despise when people are reaching a conclusion or supporting a claim in a clearly disingenuous way, though. I don't think I ever participate in this, but I'm certainly not immune, I'm sure. The greatest way we could benefit society and advance mankind in a single generation would be to embrace critical thinking and teach the skills to every student and then allow them to draw conclusions to things instead of jumping on one bandwagon or another, based on variables unrelated to facts.