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re: The cult of ignorance in the United States: Anti-intellectualism
Posted on 4/20/17 at 3:03 pm to GeorgeWest
Posted on 4/20/17 at 3:03 pm to GeorgeWest
Well the problem with social sciences is that they went from being descriptive to prescriptive.
Knowing "why" the world and people are they way they are is a good thing to know, but the minute you start telling me how the world and people "should" be, you can frick right off.
Knowing "why" the world and people are they way they are is a good thing to know, but the minute you start telling me how the world and people "should" be, you can frick right off.
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Posted on 4/20/17 at 3:05 pm to Centinel
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Knowing "why" the world and people are they way they are is a good thing to know, but the minute you start telling me how the world and people "should" be, you can frick right off.
Well said. They aren't teaching people how to think these days and then letting them come to their own conclusions.
They are starting with their own conclusions and then teaching people WHAT to think and how to arrive at those conclusions that are already predetermined.
This post was edited on 4/20/17 at 3:09 pm
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