“One of the painful signs of years of dumbed-down education is how many people are unable to make a coherent argument. They can vent their emotions, question other people's motives, make bold assertions, repeat slogans—anything except reason.” - Thomas Sowell

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    [–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    Depends where you go to school.

    Certainly in the UK to get top marks you need to think critically and make an argument.

    Often this goes too far, see - The History Boys. If you can make a good argument for obviously nonsense points you get rewarded for being an arse, contrary for the sake of attention.

    The trouble is most people in the UK media didn't do very well at school so assume everyone operated on the same level they did, teachers desperately trying to make them learn whole arguments by rote in the hope they'd get a C.

    [–]charlie6067 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Even back in the 60s, I saw no courses offered on critical thinking and we now are reaping what was sown. Good point jet.