Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
by IfOnlyYouKnew on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:03PM
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Considering most of these groups rally around conspiracy theories, which by definition start from a position of questioning commonly accepted facts (i. e. "critical thinking"), maybe we have actually gone too far with the critical thinking?
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Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
by api on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:26PM
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We teach the idea of critical thinking but not the intellectual disciplines of doing it honestly and effectively.
Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
by ASalazarMX on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:38PM
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It could be taught in schools, but it has to be taught at home too, by example. I wonder if enough parents would be willing to let their kids question something as basic as their religion and indoctrination?
Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th
by ASalazarMX on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:34PM
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> maybe we have actually gone too far with the critical thinking?
No, because it would be something else than critical thinking. It's like the scientific method, where you can't dismiss any possibility, unlikely as it be, but pursue the most likely explanations first.
Conspiracy theories bizarrely pursue the least likely explanation. Granted, this explanation might be real, but until new data arrives (Assange, Snowden, Manning, etc.) it can't outweigh the simpler ones.