The Slow Death of Critical Thinking I came across a line that stopped me cold: “You can silence fifty scholars with one fact, but you can’t silence one fool with fifty facts.”  -This quote’s authorship is uncertain.It captures the trage...

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The Slow Death of Critical Thinking I came across a line that stopped me cold: “You can silence fifty scholars with one fact, but you can’t silence one fool with fifty facts.”  -This quote’s authorship is uncertain.It captures the trage...

#AskUncleGary #AdviceColumn #SoCalMag #HereToHelp #CriticalThinkingCrisis #InformationOverload #EchoChamberEffect

THE PEOPLE must develop the ability to activate the "therefore"- #Ergo in reaching well-reasoned conclusions. For instance, the tariff wars and the USAID cuts were a "nuclear" attack on American farmers. #Ergo: An avoidable farming crisis.
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#democracy #EthicsinAction #philsky

Spot on! It's a perfect storm of misinformation, fear-mongering, and gullibility. #MediaLiteracy #CriticalThinkingCrisis

Wait, so we’ve been progressively defunding education for the last few decades, and instead of pouring money into it, we’re just gonna get rid of the department of education? I guess stupid people are easier to brainwash and control #Brainwash101
#EducationOverErasure #CriticalThinkingCrisis