Critical thinking without facts

There are lots of applications for the point of this post, which is that "critical thinking" without facts is merely propaganda.

In the LDS context, discussing the Origin of the Book of Mormon (translation) without quoting the facts of what Joseph and Oliver, or discussing the setting of the Book of Mormon without mentioning what Joseph and Oliver said, is also propaganda.

Geoffrey Miller

@primalpoly

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Parents: Any 'educator' who claims that 'teaching critical thinking' is more important than 'rote memorization of facts' shouldn't be allowed anywhere near your kids. Young people can't do critical thinking about the world if they don't have an accurate mental model of the world, based on learning & remembering facts about the world. What these 'educators' really mean by 'teaching critical thinking' is 'injecting our favored ideological indoctrination into your kids' brains -- including being 'critical' about every aspect of Western civilization that Leftist activists despise -- without knowing any of the facts about the world that would raise awkward questions about what we're injecting, and why we're injecting it.'

Ending viewpoint discrimination

Things are changing around the world as even mainstream media becomes more transparent and open.

But collusive viewpoint discrimination, particularly against faithful Latter-day Saints who do not think the historical sources support M2C or SITH, never changes at the Interpreter, FAIRLDS, Meridian Magazine, etc.

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Example from the world of media.

Mike Benz

@MikeBenzCyber

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FTC just got 2 of the biggest ad firms in the world to commit to end collusion on viewpoint discrimination in ad placements and to cooperate in investigations into past viewpoint discrimination. Assuming enforcement has teeth, this is a major win for monetization of free speech.

Brent Scher

@BrentScher

MASSIVE NEWS: Trump's FTC just made a deal with the world's largest ad firms that it believes is a nail in the coffin for collusion against conservatives. To convince the FTC not to stop a merger, the two ad giants are making big promises to make sure GARM never happens again.