> public discourse stays generally at a very shallow level that basic research for 30 minutes quickly moves you beyond This is convincingly (to me) explained b

> public discourse stays generally at a very shallow level that basic research for 30 minutes quickly moves you beyond This is convincingly (to me) explained by the removal of critical thinking courses in public schools, at least in the US. I never experienced them myself but I've heard they included exercises like determining if a statement is fact or opinion, true or false, etc. There was very little of that when I was in school and it was certainly never a dedicated hour-block in high school.