How can improving critical thinking improve my understanding of the world?

[TENYEARS]

Les Sleeth

What do you think about adding some form of introduction to Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking is a very strong effort to introduce the science of reason to school children in the US. It is also being introduced at the college level. Nothing ,however, is being done to introduce adults to this matter.

Can a knife cut itself?

 

[Les Sleeth]

Can a knife cut itself?

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[Les Sleeth]

Les Sleeth

What do you think about adding some form of introduction to Critical Thinking? Critical Thinking is a very strong effort to introduce the science of reason to school children in the US. It is also being introduced at the college level. Nothing ,however, is being done to introduce adults to this matter.

I assume you mean if it were made available to the general public. It would be awesome. But first there needs to be a way to interest the adult population more (since it can't be forced on people). As you probably know, people tend to be interested in what they perceive to be beneficial to them. Off hand, I don't see a way to demonstrate that to people who are so caught up their family, career, partying, etc. Sadly, it seems to me the educational system and future generations are our best bet.

 

[coberst]

Can a knife cut itself?

Please elaborate.

 

[coberst]

I assume you mean if it were made available to the general public. It would be awesome. But first there needs to be a way to interest the adult population more (since it can't be forced on people). As you probably know, people tend to be interested in what they perceive to be beneficial to them. Off hand, I don't see a way to demonstrate that to people who are so caught up their family, career, partying, etc. Sadly, it seems to me the educational system and future generations are our best bet.

The old chicken and egg problem.

Can we blame the ignorant for being ignorant? Can we refuse to teach the ignorant because they are too ignorant to care.

I think that if we observe the great accomplishments of advertising we begin to understand that it is not true that "a word to the wise is sufficient". A word to the wise is insifficient.

A word to the wise must be repeated, repeated, repeated, rep...

 

[TENYEARS]

Please elaborate.

Only you can ellaborate on this riddle, if you answer it, it answers your post on critical thinking or any other kind of thinking. For every loss there is a gain and for every gain there is a loss. This is the nature of relative reality. It is a law. It is the relative law. Deep is a seeing for it has always been, it cannot be created.