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That's pretty elitist. Do you want to check for a college degree at the door? Hell, you can just look around HN to see that a formal education/"culture consump
by rtpg 5y ago
That's pretty elitist. Do you want to check for a college degree at the door?
Hell, you can just look around HN to see that a formal education/"culture consumption" doesn't stop people from falling into messy baseless conspiracy theories. And a lot of people confuse "disagreeing with me/having different foundational truths" with "being wrong" no matter how much Foucault they've read.
I think a lot of what people take as indicators of lack of judgement or skills to handle information are more often just indicators of those who have little or no trust in the institutions or its messengers.
- goodpoint 5y ago> That's pretty elitist. Perhaps the parent post sounded harsh but there's nothing elitist in acknowledging that billions of people lack access to good education (and food, water, etc). It's not their fault and nothing shameful. > And a lot of people confuse "disagreeing with me/having different foundational truths" with "being wrong" no matter how much Foucault they've read. HN is known to be an echo chamber, and also no amount of education is a silver bullet. But learning critical thinking (including reading Foucault) does wonders. Unfortunately a lot of "formal education", especially around STEM, is focusing more and more around the "how" and less about the "why".