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> Intellectual self defence Can you explain what that is, I'm not familiar with the term?

• nonrandomstring 4y ago
  It's a fancy-ass way of talking about education. You might call it "streetwise" education - but that wouldn't quite capture it, because it's more about spotting a bad argument or con artist. The kind of education that creates robust citizens (as opposed to the 18th century dogshite we teach kids today to keep them dumb). Here's a link to how the Finns approach it [1]. [1] https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-finland-can-help-us-fight-fake-news/ar-AA12TebR https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-finland-can-help-us...
  • didibus 4y ago
    Ah thanks. This solution does seem to have a bootstrapping problem, especially since "critical thinking" is already a hot potato.