USAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow did we get here? The dumbing of America, from Reagan to Trump and beyond Every Trump tantrum makes headlines, while the actual president's work is ignored. This is Reagan's legacywww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1794arrow-down128
arrow-up1766arrow-down1external-linkHow did we get here? The dumbing of America, from Reagan to Trump and beyond Every Trump tantrum makes headlines, while the actual president's work is ignored. This is Reagan's legacywww.salon.comUSAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoExactly. As I said above, they were (and probably still are) explicitly against the teaching of critical thinking, which of course should involve teaching things like how to recognize logical fallacies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/texas-gop-rejects-critical-thinking-skills-really/2012/07/08/gJQAHNpFXW_blog.html
Exactly. As I said above, they were (and probably still are) explicitly against the teaching of critical thinking, which of course should involve teaching things like how to recognize logical fallacies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/texas-gop-rejects-critical-thinking-skills-really/2012/07/08/gJQAHNpFXW_blog.html