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> Intellectual self defence

Can you explain what that is, I'm not familiar with the term?



It's a fancy-ass way of talking about education.

You might call it "streetwise" education - but that wouldn't quite capture it, because it's more about spotting a bad argument or con artist. The kind of education that creates robust citizens (as opposed to the 18th century dogshite we teach kids today to keep them dumb).

Here's a link to how the Finns approach it [1].

[1] https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-finland-can-help-us...


Ah thanks. This solution does seem to have a bootstrapping problem, especially since "critical thinking" is already a hot potato.




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