well yes, plenty of people can memory endlessly and regurgitate the knowledge on demand and go through many years of school

but of course that's not "critical thinking"

and plenty of "gut thinkers" feel they are critical thinkers but lack of education instead defeats them

however questioning and evaluating things for oneself does tend to lead to better results, like say not destroying 5G wireless, following cults religious or political, etc. - doesn't take a Ph.d but does take critical thinking

Well educated and critical thinkers will easily “turn off” their “critical” thinking when it comes to subjects as politics and religion. Like most of us, people seek confirmation of their biases in whatever form that takes on.

These groups remind me of the cults of ancient Egypt, which seems to be a part of history ready to repeat itself.

>seems to be a part of history ready to repeat itself.

Talking about history, this 5g nonsense is a symptom of something else - A lack of trust in governments in general and certain authorities.

If nothing changes, someone might pull a Hitler and channel the frustrations of the poor...

This reminds me of a class I took on Communication within organizations.

When official channels of communication cuts off, the unofficial channel of information (grapevine) takes over.

In such environment, the grapevine will manufacture and spread wild theories, stories, gossips... And that's what happened here.

> If nothing changes, someone might pull a Hitler and channel the frustrations of the poor...

This is a much more likely scenario with broad joblessness as the economy continues to be shut down than it is with the vocal 5G crowd.

There’s always consequences to our actions. Surprised so many people are whistling past the graveyard with regard to crippling unemployment.