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TwilightZone

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5. It far predates MAGA and it's much more extensive than that.

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 30, 2024, 10:54 AM

Mar 2024

The GOP has been undermining the teaching of critical thinking skills for decades.

Social media and our short-attention-span culture are also significant factors in the plague of misinformation infecting society. People can't be bothered with spending even 30 seconds checking to see if something is true or not, and that's not a problem confined solely to the right.

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Amidst misinformation, critical thinking needs a 21st century upgrade [View all] BootinUp Mar 2024 OP

MAGA is the enemy of critical thinking Blue Owl Mar 2024 #1

It far predates MAGA and it's much more extensive than that. TwilightZone Mar 2024 #5

Kickin' Faux pas Mar 2024 #2

Heather Cox Richardson this morning talks exactly about the misinformation explosion erronis Mar 2024 #3

Also another excellent post: Critical Thinking and Intellectual Honesty and logical fallacies erronis Mar 2024 #4

thanks for osting this... catnipcoffee Mar 2024 #6