“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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This dumbing down goes all the way to the top.

I was so angry at the university that we still did not learn how to build arguments, use evidence, or how to do basic science etc. That is because it is not taught at public education.

My friends who were PhDs were just dumber than before, and this made me realize not to go that way. They were just copying information. And peer-review is all just a big circle-jerk. It was also weird to see that the most copied works were more valued than thorough (sometimes ground breaking) research.

Later I realized that science is not progress. It is stuck in certain dogmas, and the believers attack anyone challenging these dogmas.