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EdmondDantes_

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40. It's amazing how critical thinking is always related to

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #14)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 11:18 AM

Mar 2025

Believing the same as the person complaining about the lack of critical thinking.

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How Did Americans Lose Critical Thinking [View all] gab13by13 Mar 2025 OP

Not if it's prefaced by some inanity EYESORE 9001 Mar 2025 #1

the signs were there for years? I mean, who is driving teslers, or shopping at walmart Nimble_Idea Mar 2025 #2

Wait a minute... Gimpyknee Mar 2025 #31

Not sure if it has ever been fully practiced. cachukis Mar 2025 #3

My grandson has been involved gab13by13 Mar 2025 #6

Of course and you should be very proud. cachukis Mar 2025 #10

I coached my daughter's team back in the day bif Mar 2025 #11

Same way Germans did during WWII SocialDemocrat61 Mar 2025 #4

THIS hadEnuf Mar 2025 #32

It's been a long time coming Bettie Mar 2025 #5

That's what I think also. gab13by13 Mar 2025 #7

Tribalism Sympthsical Mar 2025 #8

Nice post gab13by13 Mar 2025 #12

I still read almost every single day Sympthsical Mar 2025 #18

Fox 🦊 News LessAspin Mar 2025 #9

Nailed it bif Mar 2025 #13

Americans didn't have critical thinking skills before Fox Kaleva Mar 2025 #15

Is there evidence that Americans ever had it? Kaleva Mar 2025 #14

It's amazing how critical thinking is always related to EdmondDantes_ Mar 2025 #40

I was just thinking about this last night Johnny2X2X Mar 2025 #16

I think a look at one religion goes a long way toward answering your question: Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #17

Yep. If you believe that shit, you'll believe pretty much anything . . . . hatrack Mar 2025 #20

And there is a built in indoctrination mechanism in these increasingly popular high-demand congregations. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #23

And it starts with brainwashing children. GreenWave Mar 2025 #42

Social Media. nt. William769 Mar 2025 #19

A way to shorten everyone's attention spans, and to make concentration harder . . . hatrack Mar 2025 #22

We never had it... JCMach1 Mar 2025 #21

During the pandemic, I watched people die because they refused treatment because of MAGA disinformation. Midnight Writer Mar 2025 #24

Same DaBronx Mar 2025 #27

by using non-critical thinking--they get to believe in the reality they want vs. the reality that is cadoman Mar 2025 #25

The majority of Americans never had it. Sneederbunk Mar 2025 #26

Amusing ourselves to death dedl67 Mar 2025 #28

Republicans started to gut education funding in the 70s. Basso8vb Mar 2025 #29

Two culprits undermining the country: The Wizard Mar 2025 #30

There's always been a strong anti-intellectual bias among a certain segment of the American population, along with a Martin68 Mar 2025 #33

I don't see it as a "loss of critical thinking." The reality is that people have always been drawn to populist promises* Oopsie Daisy Mar 2025 #34

Simple. The GOP has been dismantling public education since the 1960s. n/t TygrBright Mar 2025 #35

Right Wing Media... Happy Hoosier Mar 2025 #36

Carl Sagan talked quite a bit about critical thinking and its lack thereof. erronis Mar 2025 #37

Television, "smart" phones, and substance abuse. Kid Berwyn Mar 2025 #38

Education Jrsygrl96 Mar 2025 #39

Reagan changed the education system. Blue Full Moon Mar 2025 #41

MAGA believes both: J6 was a day of tourism & love; it was a false flag op by antifa & FBI Martin Eden Mar 2025 #43

If most of them are like my sister . . . no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #44

NCLB was the beginning of the dumb-down. maveric Mar 2025 #45