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Originally Posted by brecklundin
BINGO...and in an aliterate (love that word...got it from the Washington Times article I linked to..  ) world people never question anything, reaching conclusions based solely because others told them that is how to believe. I am so happy to have grown up before this became the norm here in the US. As a kid I read everything I could get my hands on, no matter the subject...just reading in that fashion exposed me to so many ideas, places and just "things". |
Well, there are very very large parts of the world where Socratic thinking doesn't play a big role in education or in development whatsoever. The USA still places a significantly greater emphasis on logical reasoning and questioning than do many other countries, even if it, as you say (and I may agree, though I've no hard numbers available), has atrophied.