Reality Check by Dave Whamond for July 24, 2021

More critical thinking and less critical race theory!

And sometimes people are watching you

Critical thinking seems to be a lost art.

It’s getting so the movie “Idiocracy” is less of a satire and more of a reality every day.:/

It’s Fauci vs. Paul, respectively.

It’s all an elaborate plot to make him look foolish!

Well, if it looks like a duck & quacks like a duck, maybe it is a duck. Even when the tv tells us it’s a peacock….

Critical thinking would destroy religions.

Those two are NOT mutually exclusive. Critical Thinking could actually lead to (or help provide support for) a Conspiracy Theory.

Whereas, labeling something as a “conspiracy theory” (especially when someone says it is JUST a conspiracy theory) is meant to imply that it is crazy or that anyone who believes/supports it is stupid, a liar, and/or evil, a conspiracy theory can actually be true.

Someone who labels something as “just a conspiracy theory” may do so so that others (you and me) won’t look at it critically. Why? Maybe they know or suspect that there is (at least some) truth in what is being said – and that that doesn’t support their “agenda”.

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”― Margaret Mead

In history books, when will be the exact year that humans went from revering smart people to hating them?

So far they are not teaching “Conspiracy Theory and Practice” in schools but in college you can study “Critical Thinking”. Just don’t believe everything you read. :)

Pragmatists UNITE …!

Behorned Qshaman dude is somewhat critical of trump for not pardoning him.

Ok, parents. This just in: if you really want your children to become critical thinkers, you don’t have to depend on schools. You are actually allowed to teach your children critical thinking skills at home, in the car, or anywhere else you happen to be together. In fact, parents, you can even teach your children other things that you want them to learn even if they are covering that subject in school.

The seeds of the New American Culture War…

I think “Critical Thinking” should read “Fact checking”That way it would be a more accurate cartoon, for when fact checked, many alleged conspiracies crumble into the nonsense that is behind them.

Unfortunately only one of those is usually present in political supporters, much like athletic supporters