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While I agree with this, I will say that people most susceptible to propaganda and confirmation bias are people who lack critical thinking skills IMO. Critical
by consteval 2y ago
While I agree with this, I will say that people most susceptible to propaganda and confirmation bias are people who lack critical thinking skills IMO.
Critical thinking and evidence-based reasoning, as taught in your average language arts and social studies courses, specifically calls out bias and teaches kids how to be skeptical. When I was in school, we read passages and books and got to make whatever conclusion we wanted. But the essay we wrote had to be evidence-based. The teacher didn't care so much what we said, but rather that we could form a logical string to say it.
All this is to say, I think yes - if public education is further destroyed this will only get worse.
- illiac786 2y agoI remember some interesting stories about elections being stolen for example: this was a very popular story across all education levels. Same for antivax movement, it was present across all education levels. But I am not 100% on this.
- ifyoubuildit 2y ago> I will say that people most susceptible to propaganda and confirmation bias are people who lack critical thinking skills IMO I think this is an uncontroversial statement. I also think virtually everyone who thinks this is probably certain ~they~ wouldn't be dumb enough to be taken in. Realistically, if information is coming at you for free (like pretty much all of it is), it's purpose is to get someone a return. We are swimming in a sea of marketing and propaganda. No class is going to save you from that.
- consteval 2y agoI think mitigation is still better than nothing.