The sad state of education in critical thinking

[MineralMan]

1. Absolutely.

And that failure to teach critical thinking is one of the main reasons people accept so much bullshit from media sources like Fox. Rather than ask the question: I wonder if that's true?, people have been taught to simply accept what is said.

It also is the cause of the willingness of people to accept all sorts of other woo. Some author writes a book, and immediately has followers for any wacky theory about anything. After all, someone took the time to write an entire book, so it must be true.

Sadly, I expect this to continue...