• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Blue state with good education standards here, we were taught critical thinking in school from a young age.

    Not sure how effective it was, but there was a definite emphasis on analysis and logical coherency in the curriculum over rote.

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      Yeah, I learned specifically critical thinking, research, and vetting sources in a (blue now, but at the time) purple state. People from my same small town went through the same schooling and apparently rejected all of that shit.

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      You don’t get that in red states. Religion is fundamentally incompatible with the scientific method and rationalism, so it’s generally looked over in conservative curriculums.