> The humanities have been hacking human minds for millennia. They've become so good at it it's possible to hack the beliefs of entire populations so subtly tho

> The humanities have been hacking human minds for millennia. They've become so good at it it's possible to hack the beliefs of entire populations so subtly those populations don't notice they're being... modified. I had to chime in here and congratulate you on your fine explanation of the concept Plato deemed the Noble Lie. I don't want to assume you know of its but I'll go ahead and do so anyway, since you seem the type. For others, it's truly fascinating : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_lie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_lie Humans so readily eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner and in our dreams. Not to say I am such a grand detective at the age of 23, but I feel as if the building software has taught me (and will continue to teach me,) many valuable logical lessons, which help me to methodically deconstruct things beyond programming (stories, my beliefs, other people's beliefs.) This would make sense since usual we build software by translating those things (stories and beliefs) into the fractal complexity necessary to achieve a real solution. I can't think of any better substitution than teaching logic through programming since I happen to agree with one of the parents in that pure logic in philosophy is slightly harder to pin down concretely for younger minds. They are also less apt to pick up on and find existential value in philosophy. In other words, I'm completely for programming literacy in middle, and high school. Especially for it's ineffectiveness with logic, but also to since they are just beginning to realize the complex programs in their very own mind (built by themselves... or others.) I'd want them (and everyone) to know how to deconstruct and find roots, reasons, and rationale.