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Old 01-09-2007, 08:43 AM   #11
MaggieL
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
You are implying that our educational system is too soft on ideas that might not work, right?
No. I'm not saying the educational system is soft on ideas. I'm saying the system built on soft ideas.

Critical thinking seems to have been largely abandonded in favor that particularly pernicious flavor of sociospeak that Richard Mitchell once referred to as "Educanto". Everyone does indeed have their own opinion, but critical thinking reveals that not all opinions are deserving of equal respect.
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