How can we get people to think more and believe less?

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How can we get people to think more and believe less?

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lol. Im a teacher. that is a question that I ask myself every day. well, almost every day.brbrThe problem is not simply getting people to think, it is getting them to understand the difference between thinking and simply regurgitating widely accepted views. Oftentimes people think that they are thinking but in fact they are just repeating what they have heard over and over again.brbrThe only way to fix this is through education. We need to emphasize critical and analytical faculties. When someone says something, that something has to be analyzed from a variety of perspectives. First on its internal logic, but also in terms of the motivation of the speaker, the intended audience, the context in which it was made, the tradition of thought out of which it emerged.brbrbut unfortunately the US does not take primary and secondary level education seriously enough to really institute that sort of reform. there are some very good teachers out there, but most of them are doing it altruistically. a lot of welleducated and dedicated teachers would love to work in secondary and primary education but for the fact that it is impossible to support a family on the pay.brbrbut that is another issue altogether.