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Going back to the Greeks(e.g Essentialism) all the way to Modern Evolution would foster a much stronger intellectual background and avoid most future indoctrina
by dataker 11y ago
Going back to the Greeks(e.g Essentialism) all the way to Modern Evolution would foster a much stronger intellectual background and avoid most future indoctrination. Understanding fallacies in theories is better than just taking them for granted.
But why be so picky on this matter? Unlike other concepts, Religion/Indoctrination can have a serious impact on one's life and true critical thinking is the only weapon against it.
- mikeash 11y agoI'm not sure I understand what you're proposing here or what your problem is with what's currently being done. Are you saying there should be a single class that teaches both Essentialism and evolution? It seems reasonable for the same school to teach both, but they belong in different classes. The former would be in a philosophy class, while the latter would be in a science class. Are you saying that facts shouldn't be taught at all, merely the history of thought? Or, again, is it just evolution? You say that religion is of particular importance here, but the whole point of this is that evolution is not religion. It's just science, like any other science, and belongs in school just as much as Newton's Laws or Maxwell's Equations. What's disturbing about a governing body saying that school science classes should only teach science and not religion?