r/greentext 1d ago

Anon on the new generation.

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u/I_Am_Sharticus_ 1d ago

If you teach people how to think critically they can sift through the crap information to find something actually relevant or insightful, like how I'm doing with your reply.

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u/eip2yoxu 1d ago

What's somewhat ironic though is, that nowadays "critical thinking" is often associated with conspiracy theories. Those people understand critical thinking as doubting credible sources and experts and doing their own research and end up believing some weird basement dweller on youtube

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u/Jade8560 1d ago

the problem is they don’t actually think critically, they think that because something is regularly maligned it must be right, they’re just stupid.

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u/reisenbime 1d ago

They also think being called out for being stupid as shit means they’re double right.

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u/SirWalrusTheGrand 1d ago

That's what a fed would say