This talks to a society wide problem, basic logical thinking tools (thinking at the margin, elementary statistics, etc) aren't taught in school and most of the

This talks to a society wide problem, basic logical thinking tools (thinking at the margin, elementary statistics, etc) aren't taught in school and most of the population are ignorant of them. They're not the most difficult concepts to grasp but high school students are busy memorizing facts instead, and these thinking tools are only taught in very specific university courses that not everyone will take.