I agree. Learning symbolic logic might help (in that it might make if easier to recognise fallacies), but it is a small part of what is needed. If you just teac

I agree. Learning symbolic logic might help (in that it might make if easier to recognise fallacies), but it is a small part of what is needed. If you just teach it, it will just be another bit of theoretical knowledge from school people never apply. At the risk of sounding a bit conspiracy theorist myself I would say "authority" is quite comfortable with people not thinking themselves. People aim to be in authority because they think they know what is best for everyone - no thinking required of the hoi polloi. Edit: I think it would be rather like maths. A lot of people (not around here, but say, business people on LinkedIn) say "I never use the maths I was taught in school so its pointless teaching it" because they do not know how to apply it.