Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at their jobs

Re:Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at ... by VorpalWay on Friday March 06, 2026 @04:44PM (#47281496)

Hm, having a journalist and an academic (with a heavy focus on applied rigorous statistics) as parents probably helped there, you are right. But school is supposed to teach this, at least here in Sweden it is a part of the curriculum. But indeed, that doesn't seem to help, and the US it is especially bad (not saying the situation is good here either though).

There are other things I do remember having to train myself to do though, such as not make value judgments based on the language skill level of others. Rationally I have never cared where someone is from and if they are a native speaker or not, but emotionally that required some effort.

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Re:Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at ... by andrewflnr on Friday March 06, 2026 @06:21PM (#47282424)

I'm not convinced it's actually possible to teach critical thinking to someone who doesn't care, but I'm glad your schools are trying harder.

But even when people are trained in critical thinking, the part at the end of my comment about applying it in full generality is also critical. You have to be emotionally ready to apply it in cases where it produces unpleasant conclusions, not just for your job or when it helps dunk on your political opponents. Also difficult to impossible to teach at scale.

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