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Populations do seem to lack critical thinking overall. But this is probably just because everyone can be an expert (or even just "knowledgeable enough") in may
by BLKNSLVR 3y ago
Populations do seem to lack critical thinking overall.
But this is probably just because everyone can be an expert (or even just "knowledgeable enough") in maybe one or two things, and have to rely on not-necessarily-trustworthy sources on all other topics.
This averages out to "the wind blows in the direction that the majority of the media says it blows".
And I don't know if that is a solvable problem. Not without a radically different style of government.
I really feel how apt, but also defeatist, this quote is:
"Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…"
- kmlx 3y agoi have a much simpler theory: we kind of forgot how to manage both sides of an argument. we take sides because it's much easier than deeply understanding the issue and fixing it at it's core.