I believe, that the "lies to children"-approach is one of the driving forces behind the general science-skepticism, and maybe even behind some consipiracy theor

I believe, that the "lies to children"-approach is one of the driving forces behind the general science-skepticism, and maybe even behind some consipiracy theories and some climate-science-denial. It basically goes like this: 1. Teachers are authorities and present facts to children 2. people later learn that some of these facts are in-fact not factual 3. people learn that: a) authorities can not be trusted b) it is ok to make up facts, as long as they sound good 4. people apply a) and b) to other situations