Problem is one needs critical thinking skills in the first place to know that critical thinking is essential to a free people. If you lacked that skill during the covid debacle, you’ve already shown you are incapable of analyzing, learning and retaining what happened to us during this episode. According to Dr. Michael Nehls, the hippocam…
Problem is one needs critical thinking skills in the first place to know that critical thinking is essential to a free people. If you lacked that skill during the covid debacle, you’ve already shown you are incapable of analyzing, learning and retaining what happened to us during this episode. According to Dr. Michael Nehls, the hippocampus is shrinking in the general population. This from American Thought Leaders: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C1UKNiOVaJI
I am in my late sixties and when I was in school some teachers actually taught this. They made us think about, question and research options and come up with our own solutions to present to the class on how we arrived at those solutions.
No stupid questions or ideas they would say. Work it out for yourself. Think for yourself.
My parents did the same.
Now kids don’t know how to do anything for themselves. They just ask Google for the answer and assume it’s the right thing to do.
Problem is one needs critical thinking skills in the first place to know that critical thinking is essential to a free people. If you lacked that skill during the covid debacle, you’ve already shown you are incapable of analyzing, learning and retaining what happened to us during this episode. According to Dr. Michael Nehls, the hippocampus is shrinking in the general population. This from American Thought Leaders: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C1UKNiOVaJI
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Excellent point made.
Your first sentence says it all and I agree.
I am in my late sixties and when I was in school some teachers actually taught this. They made us think about, question and research options and come up with our own solutions to present to the class on how we arrived at those solutions.
No stupid questions or ideas they would say. Work it out for yourself. Think for yourself.
My parents did the same.
Now kids don’t know how to do anything for themselves. They just ask Google for the answer and assume it’s the right thing to do.
Just part of the dumbing down process.