Does anyone have a plan for combatting this?

[LAS14]

Sanjay Gupta explained it very well when he was interviewed about his new book, World War C,. He said one thing he'd learned is that people now have no way of sorting out which are trustworthy sources of information. They go online and the see a paper that looks like an academic paper "proving" the benefits of hydroxychloroquine. How do we combat this? Force everyone to watch PBS???? Surely there are some bright ideas bubbling up???

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[hlthe2b]

1. The loss of many reputable independent news channels and newspapers that used to hire good

medical consultants/editors is at least part of it. But, the bigger part is the consolidation of media, loss of fairness doctrine, and the move to make news "entertainment."

But social media is the bigger issue... Regulation? Break up the monopolies? Hold social media outlets like Facebook to the same standards for liability as MSM? Any or all might be at least a start.

In schools, though, I think there is a big need to focus on critical thinking skills. For decades we've focused far too much on "learning to the test" and that is deleterious to this issue.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. I could count on one hand the number of courses that shaped my world view

The rest fell into two categories - useful/factual/skill, and irrelevant. I don't remember a good course pre-college. Many taught by misguided egos, they would have been better off to read two works per semester out loud and write quickie essays 2 days a week. At least the kids would have learned to write, and they'd have something to remember. Did they teach Hemingway with morality? How would I recognize it?

Readin', writin', 'rithmatic had its merits. To encounter the world with pop culture awareness and no values or logical skills is to be a sheep. Which most Americans are.

[LAS14]

3. I don't have a source, but I've heard more than once that Texas has actually...

...banned "critical thinking" from curricula. Not "critical race theory," plain old "critical thinking!"

[Shermann]

4. Critical thinking is where it all starts

I can't watch Tucker Carlson without calling out the logical fallacies as he employs them.

How do you teach people not to be gullible?